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9/11 Information
Adult Homes
Child Support
Consumer Issues: Dealing with Debt
Consumer Issues: General
Health Care: Health Insurance
Health Care: Making Decisions
Health Care: Medical Privacy
Housing
Housing: NYCHA
Housing: SROs
ID Cards
Immigration
Kinship Care
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental Health
Public Benefits/Income
Public Benefits: SSI and SSD
Re-entry Issues
Small Business
Workplace Issues
Click on the titles below to get answers to frequently asked questions. (Fact sheets are pdf files—click here to get acrobat reader.) Para Guías Informativas en Español, oprima aquí.

911 INFORMATION
Important 9/11 Health Information

ADULT HOMES
The Only Person Who Can Evict You from an Adult Home Is a Judge
Rights of Adult Home Residents (Handbook)

CHILD SUPPORT
Who has to pay child support and how much do I have to pay?

CONSUMER ISSUES: DEALING WITH DEBT
Can creditors take my benefits and assets?
How do I stop debt collectors from bothering me?
I Can't Afford to Pay My Debts. what Should I Do and What is Going to Happen to Me?
Debt Collection Basics: How Do I Negotiate a Settlement in a Debt Case?
I Owe Money and Want to Set Up a Payment Plan with a Debt Collector. What Should I Do?
I Have Received Papers Labeled “Summons” and “Complaint.” What Are These? What Should I Do?
I’ve Been Sued for Debt. What Will Happen When I Go to Court?
I Am Being Sued for Debt: What Should I Put in My Answer?
My Bank Account is Frozen. What Do I Do?

CONSUMER ISSUES: GENERAL
How can I prevent identity theft?
Questions and Answers on Your Credit Report and Housing Court Judgments

HEALTH CARE: HEALTH INSURANCE
Health Insurance for Low-Income Workers
Alternative Health Care Options for Workers

HEALTH CARE: MAKING DECISIONS
How Do I Make Sure My Health Care Wishes Are Followed if I Am Incapacitated?

HEALTH CARE: MEDICAL PRIVACY
How Do I Get Access to My Clinical Records?
Medical Privacy: HIPPA and You as the Patient
Medical Privacy: HIPPA and You as the Parent, Child, or Loved One of a Patient

HOUSING
Keeping Your Pet in a New York City Apartment
How to Make a 311Complaint Against Your Landlord
How Do I Get Repairs from My Landlord?
How Can Seniors Stop Rent Increases?
How Can People With Disabilities Stop Rent Increases?

HOUSING: NYCHA
Applying for Public Housing
How Do I Keep My NYCHA Apartment
How Do I Get Repairs if I Live in a NYCHA Apartment?
How Can I Tell if My NYCHA Rent Is Correct?
How Do I Handle Housing Authority Termination-of-Tenancy Procedures?
What Do I Need to Do if Someone Comes to Live in My NYCHA Apartment?
What Do I Do if I Disagree with Something NYCHA Does?

HOUSING: SROs
SRO Tenants: Know Your Rights

ID CARDS
How Do I Get a Non-Driver ID Card?

IMMIGRATION
How Do I Replace My Lost or Stolen Green Card?

KINSHIP CARE
Guardianship in New York
What Rights Do I Have to Visit My Grandchildren
Private Placement Adoption

MEDICAID
Medicaid
Medicaid Managed Care: Basic Facts
What do I need to know about enrolling in Medicaid Managed Care?
What You Need to Know About New York State's Medicaid Buy-In Program
How Do I Pick a New Medicaid Managed Care Plan?
How Do I Get Out of Medicaid Managed Care if I Need To?
Medicaid Spend-Down Program
How to Maintain SSI Benefits to Ensure Medicaid Coverage

MEDICARE
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program: How It Affects People Who are Eligible for Both Medicare & Medicaid ("Dual Eligibles")
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program: How to Appeal a Denial to an Exception by Your Plan

MENTAL HEALTH
How Do I Get a Half-Fare MetroCard for People with Mental Disabilities?
Does Kendra's Law Apply to Me?

PUBLIC BENEFITS/INCOME
Maximizing Income for Seniors
Does the Government Owe Me Money because of the Earned Income Credit?
How Do I Get a Representative Payee for My Social Security Benefits?
How Do I Recertify for Public Assistance?
How Do I Keep from Losing My Public Assistance Benefits because of Work Assignment Sanctions?

PUBLIC BENEFITS/SSI and SSD
Tips for Doctors Filling Out Applications for SSI and SSD
How Do I Handle An SSI Overpayment?
How Will My SSD Benefits Be Affected if I Take a Job?
How Will My SSI Benefits Be Affected if I Take a Job?
How Will My SSI and SSD Benefits Be Affected if I Take a Job?
How to Maintain SSI Benefits to Ensure Medicaid Coverage

RE-ENTRY ISSUES
Returning to NYC After Incarceration

SMALL BUSINESS
How Can I Start a Small Business?

WORKPLACE ISSUES
Unemployment Insurance Benefits: The Basics
Unemployment Insurance: Denial of Benefits
Handbook on How to Represent Yourself in an Unemployment Insurance Hearing


CHECK OUT THESE WEB SITES FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mental Health Issues
www.nycvoices.org

Housing Court
www.tenant.net/Court/Howcourt/contents.html
www.abcny.org (Brochures: Tenants' Guide to Housing Court)

Housing Information and Advocacy
www.nyc.gov/html/hpd
www.housingfirst.net
www.citylimits.org

Public Benefits
www.cssny.org (Services: Public Benefits Counseling)
www.legal-aid.org (click on "Publications," then "Resources for Clients")

Family Issues
www.abcny.org (Brochures: Family Court; Child Support; Right to Child Care)

Public Education
www.advocatesforchildren.org

Employment
www.abcny.org (Brochures: Workers' Compensation)

Consumer Issues
www.abcny.org (Brochures: Consumer Protection; Personal Bankruptcy)

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