[CT-NFB] Sign on Oppertunity SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act

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Hello Friends,

   I received the information below and thought you might be interested. 
There is a list of organizations that have signed off but I didn't see 
the NFB. Please read below and see what you think.


Good afternoon,
Please see the following sign on opportunity for endorsing the SSI 
Savings Penalty Elimination Act. This bill would raise the asset limits 
for SSI beneficiaries to $10,000 for individuals and $20,000 for 
couples. These limits will be adjusted each year for inflation. The 
Senate leads for the bill are Senators Brown from Ohio and Senator 
Cassidy from Louisiana, and the House leads are Representative Higgins 
from New York and Representative Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania. The 
deadline for sign on is September 11th. The endorsement letter and sign 
on form can be found at SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act: Endorsement 
and Sign on Letter (google.com).
The list of over 200 signatories, including ACB, is below.
211 Humboldt Information and Resource Center
A Community With a Purpose, Williams County Advocacy
AARP
Access Living
Access Ready
Advancing Independence
Advocacy and Training Center
Aging Life Care Association
AIDS Alabama
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania and Southern. New Jersey
All Home
Allen County Board of DD
Alliance for Retired Americans
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association on Health and Disability
American Council of the Blind
American Council of the Blind of Western New York (Buffalo)
American Federation of Government Employees
American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
American Postal Workers Union
ASSIST Program
Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Autism Connections
Autism Society of America
Autism Speaks
Autistic People of Color Fund (APOC)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
AWACE LIFE CARE CENTER
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Bread for the City
Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee
Breaking Silences Advocacy Group
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
California Association of Food Banks
California Foundation of Independent Living Centers
California OneCare
Californians for Disability Rights Inc
Californians for SSI (CA4SSI)
Caring Across Generations
Cater To You
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Center for Independent Living Options, Inc.
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Champaign County Board of DD
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Children's Advocacy Institute
Choice in Aging
Clear Skies Ahead, LLC
Coalition on Human Needs
Collective Care
Communities Actively Living Independent & Free
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces
COVID Survivors for Change
COVID-19 Health and Safety Taskforce
COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project
Crime Victim Services
Cure SMA
Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Defiance County Board of DD
Delaware County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Disability Law Center
Disability Policy Consortium
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Disabled in Action of Pennsylvania
Distinctive Hands
District of Columbia Behavioral Health Association
Dysautonomia International
Economic Policy Institute
Educate. Advocate.
Empire Justice Center
Family Voices
Foley Vocational Services
Food for People
Food Research & Action Center
GLIDE
GRACE/End Child Poverty California
Grantmakers in the Arts
Greater Hartford Legal Aid
Greenleaf Job Training Services, Inc.
Hamilton County DD Services
Havar Inc
Health Care Voices
Health, a program of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Heartland Alliance
Homeless Action Center
Homeless Advocacy Project Legal Services
Inner City Law Center
Jewish Family & Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, 
Marin & Sonoma Counties
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
Jewish Family Service of San Diego
The Jewish Federations of North America
JFCS of Greater Philadelphia
Genesis Home
Justice in Aging
Labor Campaign for Single Payer
Lakeshore Foundation
Legal Action Chicago
Legal Aid of DC
Legal Council for Health Justice
Legal Counsel for the Elderly
Liberty Resources Inc
Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential (LEAP)
Loaves & Fishes/Friendship Trays
Long COVID Alliance
Long COVID Justice
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Massachusetts ME/CFs & FM Association
Medicare Rights Center
MetroWest Legal Services
Mid-Ohio Board for an Independent Living Environment
MLK Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
National Association of Disability Representatives
National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services (NANASP)
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of Social Workers - California Chapter
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities 
Services
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
National Community Action Partnership
National Council on Aging
National Disability Institute
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society
National Employment Law Project
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
National Hispanic Council on Aging
National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR)
National Pain Advocacy Center
National Partnership for Women & Families
National PLAN Alliance (NPA)
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
National Women’s Law Center
Nationalities Service Center
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
New York Legal Assistance Group
Northeast Justice Center
Northern VA ME/CFS & Long Covid Support Group
Oasis Legal Services
Ohio Olmstead Task Force
Ohio Self Determination Association (OSDA)
Open Door
Osda
Palma Law Offices, P.C.
Pandemic Patients
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Patient-Led Research Collaborative
Pennsylvania Council of the Blind
People First of Allen County
Progressive Living Inc.
Prosperity Now
Public Advocacy for Kids (PAK)
Resources for Independent Central Valley
SEAMAAC, Inc
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County (CA)
Self Advocates of Franklin County
Self Advocates/People First of Delaware County
Self-Employed/Independent Provider
SERCAP, INC.
Services for Independent Living
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Social Security Works
Solve M.E.
SourceAmerica
Special Needs Alliance
Start Early
Stern Community Lawyering Clinic, Drexel U Kline School of Law
Strategies for High Impact (S4HI)
TASH
The Arc of Ohio
The Arc of the United States
The Center for Community Solutions
The Gerontological Society of America
The Gubbio Project
The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Action Network (#MEAction)
Thresholds
Tzedek DC
Union for Reform Judaism
UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship of Hidalgo County Texas
United Cerebral Palsy
United Spinal Association
Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio
Uptown People's Law Center
USAging
Well Spouse Association
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Worthington Special Olympics
Swatha Nandhakumar (she/her/hers)
Advocacy and Outreach Specialist
American Council of the Blind



-- 
Sincerely, Becky Ireland Chapter & NFB of CT Secretary rmirdi at aol.com 
Cell: 860-384-8451 "Whenever we are impressed with what a non-human 
animal does its simply because we underestimated its intelligence." Neil 
deGrass Tyson