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The Washington Post cites state-based Social Security offices have seen an increase in applications since the beginning of the pandemic -- at the same time that offices experienced shut-downs, forcing higher work loads on disability examiners who have been without...

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and colleagues have introduced a bill into the Senate entitled the “Social Security Expansion Act” (S.4365). This bill’s goal is to ensure funding and expansion of benefits for retirees and disabled persons. The proposed bill would:•...

www.cfchildren.org The Committee for Children is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for children’s social and emotional learning. As part of their child safety campaign, they have compiled a series of pamphlets that are a how-to guide for parents and...

"Broadly, when we look at a lot of our social welfare programs, somewhere around 15 to 20 percent of people who are eligible for food stamps don’t receive food stamps. In large part, because of these bureaucratic obstacles. We know that this is a huge issue with...