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Granting SSI to Puerto Rico is a civil rights issue
By El Vocero - The debate in the United States over whether to grant Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to U.S. citizens residing in Puerto Rico is a civil rights debate that underscores, once again, the...
Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income parity a priority
By El Nuevo Día - Despite the fact that the resumption of work in the U.S. Congress will involve the discussion of a number of legislative measures that were left on the back burner, the resident commissioner in Washington, Jenniffer González, said today that...
Advocates for Puerto Rico's inclusion in federal SNAP program
By Metro.pr – Following a group of organizations that wrote letters to Congress in support of Puerto Rico's inclusion in the program (SNAP), the alternate speaker of the New Progressive Party (NPP) in the Senate, Carmelo Ríos, also advocated...
Courts urged to extend SSI to Puerto Rico residents
By El Nuevo Día - Don Abraham Rivera, 70, took his son Emanuel Rivera Fuentes, 35, in his arms to place him in the wheelchair and crossed the avenue, accompanied by the young man's mother, 65, supported by a walker. They reached the...
Experts to the Supreme Court: "dignity has no geographic limits" and urge to give parity to the island
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is one of the few welfare programs that has a national character, does not depend on state contributions and the eligibility criteria do not consider where the person lives but their...
Delay in PAN increase for beneficiaries in Puerto Rico denounced
By Metro.pr – Hispanic Federation, the Food Security Coalition, and a host of allied organizations urged Congress to end discrimination against Puerto Rico and the territories to provide federal nutrition assistance...