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March - April 1997
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The Family Violence Option of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996: Interpretation and Implementation
The Family Violence Option of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, if properly implemented, can give states significant flexibility in addressing the needs of poor battered women. This article describes the option, its interpretation, and guidelines for successful implementation.
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PASS: Supplemental Security Income's Plan for Achieving Self-Support
For persons with disabilities, the Supplemental Security Income Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) offers a way out of poverty by allowing them a means to vocational success and financial independence. Using practical examples, this article describes how to assist a client in formulating a PASS proposal.
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The Quid Pro Quo for Chevron Deference: Enforcing the Public Participation Requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act
New agency rules and regulations adopted without the public participation required by the Administrative Procedure Act (and its state counterparts) may be extremely vulnerable to procedural attacks upon their validity. This article discusses the significance of the judicial deference doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council and how to challenge the agency rules under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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How the Clinton Administration and the 104th Congress Impaired Poor People's Rights to Housing
This article describes the recent assault on federally mandated tenants' rights and what to expect in the foreseeable future.
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Farmworker Law Developments 1995—96
This article discusses legislative and administrative advocacy developments in 1995 and 1996 as well as significant court decisions in a number of areas involving farmworker living and working conditions.
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Rethinking the Full-Service Legal Representational Model: A Maryland Experiment
An experimental project in which law students give legal information and advice to otherwise unrepresented parties in family law cases is described. Expanded use of a limited-representation model for legal assistance, together with reconfiguring existing legal services, can help increase the number of poor people who obtain access to justice.
- Social Security Administration Issues New Children's Supplemental Security Income Disability Standard
- A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility Under the Pickle Amendmen
