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Benefits for Kinship/Foster Youth - SSI, HEAP, CCAP, Chafee Update, and more!
The Chafee Program offers assistance to help current and former foster care youth achieve self-sufficiency. Additional Chafee Cash Assistance funds will be distributed on a one-time, first-come, first served basis in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more for New York State.
Stimulus Check Payments & Nursing Home Residents
On Dec. 21, 2020, Congress passed a new economic stimulus bill that included a second round of economic impact payments (also called stimulus checks or IRS payments). Eligible individuals qualify for up to $600 and with the IRS reporting that two thirds of payments have already been sent, here is what nursing home residents, their family, and advocates need to know.