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Public Benefits and Access to Healthcare
National Center for Youth Law
The National Center for Youth Law uses the law to protect children from the harms
caused by poverty, and to improve the lives of children living in poverty. Good articles
and analyses from newsletters posted online.
DOL Employment and Training Administration
The Employment and Training Administration seeks to build up the labor market through
the training of the workforce and the placement of workers in jobs through employment
services.
Department of Labor
Covers employment, unemployment compensation, Workforce Investment Act, workplace
safety and discrimination issues.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Enforces employment discrimination laws.
National Immigration Law Center
The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a national support center whose mission
is to protect and promote the rights of low income immigrants and their family members.
NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights
of immigrants.
National Senior Citizens Law Center
The National Senior Citizens Law Center advocates nationwide to promote the
independence and well-being of low-income elderly individuals, as well as persons with
disabilities, with particular emphasis on women and racial and ethnic minorities.
As a national support center, NSCLC advocates through litigation, legislative and agency
representation and assistance to attorneys and paralegals in field programs.
HHS Administration for Families and Children
Oversees Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, child care, child
support enforcement, child abuse and neglect, etc.
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
This is the main gateway on the web to the services Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and
Family Services provides.
Legal Momentum (Formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Legal Momentum, formerly the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, pursues equality
for women and girls in the workplace, the schools, the family and the courts, through
litigation, education, and public information programs.
Department of Agriculture
The USDA oversees the Food Stamp program and other nutrition programs, as well as the Rural Housing Program.
Department of Health and Human Services
The federal agency overseeing health and human service programs.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Responsible for providing federal benefits to veterans and their dependents. Operates nationwide programs of health care, financial assistance and national cemeteries for veterans and dependents.
Social Security Administration
Includes information about Social Security retirement and disability benefits.
USDA Food and Nutrition Service: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program).
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center is a nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low and moderate income people. Publishes excellent issue papers on public benefits and health access.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with the States to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health insurance portability standards
Kentucky WIC program
Information about why WIC is useful, how to apply, and what the income guidelines are.
Cornell University Medicaid Law Overview
Links to information about Medicaid, including statutory and regulatory information, case decisions, etc.
Medicare
The official U.S. site for people with Medicare; useful for advocates, too.
Medline Plus
The National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health, created and maintains MedlinePlus to help web users locate health information.
Medline Plus en español
MedlinePlus ofrece información proveniente de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud y otras fuentes de confianza sobre más de 600 temas de salud. MedlinePlus también cuenta con tutoriales interactivos de educación de salud, una enciclopedia médica, información sobre medicamentos de receta y venta libre y las últimas noticias de salud.
Merck Manuals
Online version of popular medical information manual
National Health Law Program
National support center for health law. Publications and issue papers; links and news.
National Veterans Legal Services Program
NVLSP is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to increasing national understanding of the plight of America's forgotten veterans and their families while working to support the interest of needy veterans. NVLSP achieves its mission through education, advocacy, and public policy programming, and through active litigation.
Needy Meds
Information about patient assistance programs which provide no cost prescription medications to eligible participants.
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
The mission of United Way of Greater Cincinnati, which provides support for Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, is to be a leader and community catalyst
mobilizing the caring power of individuals and organizations
to help people measurably improve their lives.
Handsnet
training program and human services information
National Employment Law Project
NELP has advocated on behalf of the working poor, the unemployed, and other groups that face significant barriers to employment and government systems of support. Good issue papers on employment, unemployment compensation, welfare and low-wage workforce, etc.
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (formerly the Welfare Law Center) advocates with and on behalf of low-income people to get the basic subsistence, justice and fairness to which they are entitled. Includes case developments, issue papers, and links to other resources.
DOL Workforce Investment Act Website
Includes state plans, guidances and links to law and regulations.
Kentucky LIHEAP Program
Information about Kentucky's LIHEAP program, which helps approximately 150,000 Kentucky families pay their utility bills each winter.
State Health Facts Online
Health policy information in all 50 states. Includes state unemployment rates; health insurance premiums paid; and how many children are enrolled in State Children's Health Insurance Programs.
Grays Anatomy Online
The well-known anatomy book online, courtesy of Bartleby.com
Kentucky Food Stamps Program
The Food Stamp Program helps people with little or no money buy food for healthy meals at participating stores. Food stamp benefits increase the household's food buying power when they are added to the household's money. This site gives information about how to access the program.
Cornell University Food Stamp Law
Links to statutory and regulatory information from recent cases.
Cornell University Health Law
Statutory and regulatory links regarding health law for recent cases, etc.
Cornell University Welfare Law
Links to statutory and regulatory information on welfare programs; recent court decisions; agency and advocacy links.