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The Impact Of Earnings Of Nebraskans With Disabilities On Their Eligibility For Selected Services And Programs

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Introduction
State Goals for Programs and Program Integration
Policy Choice Highlights and Possible Alternatives
Tables of Program Comparisons
Table 1 - Approximated Nebraska Income Eligibility Ranges for Adults with Disabilities
Notes to Accompany Table 1
Table 2 - 2002 Federal Poverty Guidelines
Table 3 - Nebraska Program Summary for Adults with Disabilities
Table 4 - Nebraska Resource Limits & Resource Exclusions for Adults with Disabilities
Table 5 - Nebraska Earned Income Disregards for Adults with Disabilities
Table 6 - Nebraska Exclusions & Deductions from Income for Eligibility Determination for Adults with Disabilities
Table 7 - …

Farewell From The Editor Of Behavioral Sciences And The Law, Alan Tomkins

Alan Tomkins Publications

This double issue is comprised of 12 articles on a variety of topics. The issue marks the beginning of the 20th year of Behavioral Sciences & the Law (BS&L). The journal began publication in 1983 with four themed issues, on ‘Malpractice,’ ‘Terrorism,’ ‘Post-traumatic stress disorders,’ and ‘Informed consent.’ Each of these topics is as relevant in 2002 as it was almost two decades ago. Over the 20 years, BS&L has primarily published special topic issues. Special topics have distinguished BS&L from other journals in the field. The past few years, however, we have been receiving so many high quality manuscripts …

International Perspectives On Restorative And Community Justice, Alan Tomkins, Mark A. Small

Alan Tomkins Publications

Legal systems across the globe have attempted to accommodate to our new understandings of human behavior, evolving notions of fairness, and increasing recognitions by Western jurists that the law sits within, not apart from, the complexities of societies. One manifestation of legal system change has been the attempt to alter legal institutional structures and practices in order to better address the overlap of justice and social concerns, often drawing from culture contexts previously ignored by Western bureaucracies (see, e.g., Levine, 2000, discussing the Maori roots of family group conferencing practices). The interest in restorative justice and community justice is, in …

An Internal Examination And Evaluation Of The Nebraska Health And Human Services System Delivery Of Personal Assistance Services (Final Report), Jamee K. Wolfe, Lachelle Bailie

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

In 2001, the Nebraska Health and Human Services System (HHSS) applied for and received a one-year, transitional Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, provided for by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (TWWIIA). In 2002, HHSS applied for and received an additional three years of funding (through 2004). This combined funding allowed Nebraska to support research that examines how the opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in competitive work could be improved.

Personal assistance services (PAS) are a currently underutilized, but in many cases, necessary work support for people with disabilities. With TWWIIA funding, HHSS determined that …

Survey Of Disability And Employment In Nebraska, Fall 2001

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Table of Contents:
I. Executive Summary

II. Introduction
A. Background
B. Research Questions
C. Survey Methodology

III. Description of the Sample
A. Disability Type
B. Demographic Characteristics
1. Race/Ethnicity
2. Gender and Age
3. Education
4. Family Income
5. Geographic Location

IV. Report Narrative and Key Findings
A. Disability
B. Employment
C. Barriers to Work
D. Personal Assistance Services
E. Demographics
F. Key Findings

Appendix
A. Frequency Distributions For All Variables
B. Frequency Distributions by Disability Type for Select Variables
C. Consumer Survey Instrument

Comprehensive Community Initiatives (Cci): A Comparison Of Community Implementation Plans, Teri L. Perkins

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

People in crisis often require multiple community services. A homeless person may need medical health care and behavioral health care, along with shelter. A woman who is the victim of domestic abuse may need help with childcare, transportation, food, and emergency housing. Comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) attempt to provide this interrelated range of community services.

CCIs developed as a part of community building efforts in the late 1980’s (Kubisch, 1996; Stagner and Duran, 1997). “Comprehensive” can either refer to an initiative that incorporates social, educational, cultural, physical, and economic development in a community or to an initiative whose purpose is …

Community Services Implementation Project

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

In November 2000, the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center (PPC) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center on Children, Families and the Law (CCFL) entered into a partnership with the Lincoln/Lancaster County Joint Budget Committee (JBC) and United Way of Lincoln/Lancaster County (UW). The purpose of this University-Community partnership has been to facilitate implementation of the Lincoln/Lancaster County Human Services Three-Year Comprehensive Plan (Plan). It has since become known as C-SIP (the Community Services Implementation Project). PPC and CCFL have been serving in a coordinating and technical assistance role for the overall process including: providing staff support and technical assistance …

Comprehensive Community Initiatives (Cci): A Comparison Of Community Implementation Plans, Teri Perkins

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

People in crisis often require multiple community services. A homeless person may need medical health care and behavioral health care, along with shelter. A woman who is the victim of domestic abuse may need help with childcare, transportation, food, and emergency housing. Comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) attempt to provide this interrelated range of community services.

CCIs developed as a part of community building efforts in the late 1980’s (Kubisch, 1996; Stagner and Duran, 1997). “Comprehensive” can either refer to an initiative that incorporates social, educational, cultural, physical, and economic development in a community or to an initiative whose purpose is …

The Impact Of Earnings Of Nebraskans With Disabilities On Their Eligibility For Selected Services And Programs, University Of Nebraska Public Policy Center

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Many states, Nebraska included, have been actively developing programs to promote competitive employment for persons with disabilities. Buy-In programs (enabling persons with disabilities with increased earned income to continue to Medicaid eligibility) have become a keystone program in states’ efforts. States are implementing Buy-In programs (and related programs and supports) not as welfare programs, but as programs that help states make productive use of all of their human capital resources. Many policymakers support Buy-In programs as a means to increase workers with disabilities’ participation as productive citizens of states. That is, such programs are seen as a means to “enhance …

Posting The Ten Commandments As A Historical Document In Public Schools, Tarik Abdel-Monem

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

The notion of religion being introduced in a public school setting is a controversial and socially divisive topic. When the church encroaches on the state's domain, courts are called upon to adjudicate the matter as a constitutional issue. If public schools impose religion on students, courts invoke the Constitution's Establishment Clause, which states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

The courts should prepare themselves for a new round of Establishment Clause cases. "Hang Ten"-a movement to post the Ten Commandments in public schools and buildings-has arrived, raising intense debate in communities and state legislatures across the …