{"id":1771,"date":"2016-11-10T23:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2016-11-10T23:14:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T07:14:27","slug":"1771","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=1771","title":{"rendered":"SSI and ABLE Act Questions Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"

At\u00a0A<\/span>A<\/span>S<\/span>C<\/span>E<\/span>N<\/span>D<\/span>‘s<\/strong>\u00a0November 19 meeting Michael Joyce, <\/strong><\/span>a Sacramento-area lawyer, will discuss the various stages of being awarded Supplemental Security Income, and the future of the Able Act<\/strong><\/span> in California.<\/p>\n

Supplemental Security Income<\/strong> (SSI<\/span><\/strong>) is a United States government program that provides stipends to low income people who are either aged 65 or older, blind, or disabled. Although administered by the Social Security Administration, SSI is funded from the U.S. Treasury general funds, not the Social Security trust fund.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Achieving a Better Life Experience<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> (ABLE<\/strong>) Act<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> allows families with children with disabilities to save for college and other expenses in tax-deferred accounts. Recently signed into California law, the ABLE Act amends the Internal Revenue Service Code to allow use of tax-free savings accounts for individuals with disabilities. Families will be allowed to use the funds in the savings accounts to cover education, housing, medical and transportation expenses, among others.<\/p>\n

\"ABLE<\/a>Both of these subjects are very important to the autism community.<\/strong><\/span> We look forward to hearing your questions about them at this informative event! All are welcome and as always it’s free \u2013 with no donations turned away for presence of funds!<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong>\u00a0Sat November 19,\u00a010am \u2013 noon<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhere:<\/strong>\u00a0The Arc of SF<\/strong><\/span>\u00a01500 Howard St. @ 11th St. \u00a0 \u00a0SF, CA 94103\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Parking is often available<\/strong>\u00a0in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays.\u00a0There is also metered street parking for $2\/hr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At\u00a0AASCEND‘s\u00a0November 19 meeting Michael Joyce, a Sacramento-area lawyer, will discuss the various stages of being awarded Supplemental Security Income, and the future of the Able Act in California. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a United States government program that provides … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}