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In
2005, 1,317 individuals received screenings and
assistance in accessing public benefits. |
Poor residents of Washington Heights rarely get the help
they need to escape poverty. For example, many do not
know what public benefits — from tax refunds to
health insurance for children — they're due. NMIC’s
aim is to reduce poverty by giving people the right advice
about public benefits, the right legal counsel and the
right financial assistance (including help solving debt
problems).
Impact:
- In
2005, 1,317 individuals received screenings and assistance
in accessing public benefits.
- NMIC’s
legal department ensured that clients can successfully access
these benefits in their far-reaching class action suit,
Reynolds vs. Giuliani.
- We
are currently working on Encarnation v. Barnhart, a case
which if successful, will allow thousands of children who
have multiple disabilities but no one single major diagnoses,
for instance speech or hearing impairments coupled with
developmental problems, to prove their disability by net
effect of their multiple problems and thereby collect SSI
benefits.
For more information: Contact Licelyn Colon at
or 212-453-5362, or Betsy Martinez at
or 212-822-8301.
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