At RCM, we promote opportunities for helping people with Intellectual Disabilities build relationships, and integrate into the community
This year you can vote in Food, Drink, Arts & Entertainment, Health & Beauty, Goods, Services, Pandemic Superstars, and People & Places. In addition to updating our existing categories for those places and things that we missed over the past year (Think: Concert Venue We Missed the Most) and including new ones to account for the innovations we love (Think: Best To-Go Cocktail), we’re also adding a new phase of voting.
To vote, click here: Art Enables
Education Department will cancel student debt for more than 320,000 borrowers
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it will cancel $5.8 billion in student debt for more than 320,000 borrowers.
The debt forgiveness, which will go to borrowers with a total and permanent disability, will be automatically granted using data already available to the Social Security Administration. People should start seeing the relief in September.
The Education Department said it also plans to stop asking these borrowers to continue sharing earnings data after they receive the relief.
To read more on this story, click here: Education Department will cancel student debt for more than 320,000 borrowers
Open to ALL (Residents, employees, visitors)
Thursday, August 26, 2021, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Click here to register: Webinar Registration
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Check out the link for more information on the 2 other amazing organizations we have the good fortune of being in the company of! https://acl.gov/DSPchallenge
The Social Security Administration modified its policy this month on how it will treat various forms of financial assistance that have come about since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
To read more on this story, click here: In Reversal, Social Security Says Stimulus Checks Won’t Affect SSI Benefits
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