<div>--------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">DDS Communications</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:DDS.Communications@dhs.nj.gov">DDS.Communications@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 3:14 PM<br>Subject: DDS Communications March 28, 2024<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:NJDDS@listserv.dhs.nj.gov">NJDDS@listserv.dhs.nj.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>





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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">March 28, 2024</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;letter-spacing:.15pt">Social Security to Remove Barriers to Accessing SSI Payments<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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 from In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) Calculations.</i>” The final rule announces the first of several updates to the agency’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) regulations that will help people receiving and applying for SSI.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>September 30, 2024</b>, the agency <b>will no longer include food in ISM calculations</b>. The new policy removes a critical barrier for SSI eligibility due to an applicant’s or recipient’s receipt of informal food assistance from friends, family, and community
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Social Security to Remove Barriers to Accessing SSI Payments | SSA</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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 a wide range of interactive events, informative workshops and the latest tech and disability products.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403f42"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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