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

[Deb Reed]

This does sound like something our organization should sign on.

Sincerely,

Deb Reed

Central CT Chapter President of the National Federation of the Blind
Deb.reed57 at gmail.com
Cell-860-378-5370

Blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future.


> On Sep 8, 2023, at 3:37 PM, f via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
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