Public Benefits Recipients

Some of Mobilization for Justice’s projects provide assistance with securing public benefits, appealing denials of public benefits, and dealing with overpayments and other problems that may arise.

We help clients to secure the following benefits:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD)
Social Security (SS)
Medicare
Medicaid
TANF Child-Only Grants
Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE)
Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE)

Assistance with benefits issues is available to:

Manhattan Seniors over age 60
Mental Health Consumers
Adult Home Residents
Kinship Caregivers

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