The following table shows a summary of major changes in the WorkWORLD software at each revision level. No release date is shown for versions that were not publicly distributed. Detailed changes in the program and more frequently revised Webhelp system are described in the
topic.
| Version |
Date |
Changes From Previous Version |
| 7.9.0 |
January 26, 2012 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with current information.
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion (Couple) topic with current information.
- Fixed broken links in Blind Work Expenses topic.
- Updated the Countable Earnings - SSDI (Title II) topic.
- Fixed broken links in Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits - SSI/DI topic.
- Fixed broken links in Extended Period of Eligibility topic.
- Updated the Federal Benefit Rate - SSI topic with current information.
- Updated the Getting Medicare Part B topic.
- Fixed broken links in Impairment Related Work Expenses - SSDI (Title II) topic.
- Fixed broken links in Impairment Related Work Expenses - SSI topic.
- Updated the Medicare Buy-In for People with Disabilities Who Work - SSDI topic.
- Updated the Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance topic with current data.
- Updated the Medicare - Financing, Liabilities, and Payments topic.
- Fixed broken links in Medicare - SSDI (Title II) - Continuing Coverage topic.
- Updated the Names of State SNAP (Food Stamp) Programs topic.
- Fixed broken links in Plan for Achieving Self-Support topic.
- Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic with current information for 2011.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Allocation (Benefit) Levels topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Resource Tests topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Income Tests topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Overview topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Sample Calculations topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) State Information/Hotline Numbers topic with current data.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with updated external form files.
- Updated the SSA Redbook topic with current information.
- Fixed broken links in SSDI (Title II) Work Incentives topic.
- Updated the SSI State Supplement topic for many states with current information.
- Added the archival State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2011 topic.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic with current information.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion Amount topic with current information.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with current information.
- Updated the Substantial Gainful Activity topic.
- Updated the Trial Work Period topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Overview topic.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Compensation Amount topic.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Pension topic.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Health Care topic.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Other Disability Benefits topic.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Spina Bifida Allowance topic.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Women Vietnam Veterans' Children With Birth Defects topic.
- Updated the Virginia ABD with Income 80% FPL topic with current data.
- Updated the Virginia Aged, Blind, and Disabled Income Exclusions - Medicaid topic with current data.
- Updated the Virginia Auxiliary Grant Personal Allowance topic with updated information.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Agreement topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Employment Considerations topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Financial Eligibility topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Overview topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medically Needy Income Levels topic.
- Updated the Virginia SSI State Supplement topic.
- Updated the Virginia Standards of Assistance - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia Student Earned Income Exclusion - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia TANF - Gross Countable Income topic with current information.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic with current information and new external data file.
- Updated the WIC - Income Requirement topic.
- Updated the Workers' Compensation Summary topic for many states.
- Updated many internal tables with updated rates and amounts.
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| 7.8.0 |
January 27, 2011 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with current information.
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion (Couple) topic with current information.
- Updated the Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) topic.
- Updated the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) topic with current information.
- Updated the Federal Benefit Rate - SSI topic with current information.
- Added the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines - 2010 topic.
- Updated the Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance topic with current data.
- Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic with current information for 2011.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Allocation (Benefit) Levels topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Resource Tests topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Income Tests topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Overview topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Sample Calculations topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) State Information/Hotline Numbers topic with current data.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with updated external form files.
- Updated the SSA Redbook topic with current information.
- Updated the SSI State Supplement topic for many states with current information.
- Added the archival State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2010 topic.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic with current information.
- Updated the State Median Income topic with current information.
- Updated the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies topic with current information.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with current information.
- Updated the Trial Work Period topic with current information.
- Updated the U.S. Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) topic with current information.
- Updated the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia ABD with Income 80% FPL topic with current data.
- Updated the Virginia Aged, Blind, and Disabled Income Exclusions - Medicaid topic with current data.
- Updated the Virginia Applying for Mediciad topic with updated information.
- Updated the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities topic with updated information.
- Updated the Virginia Business Leadership Network topic with updated information.
- Updated the Virginia Countable Income - Medicaid topic with updated information.
- Updated the Virginia DBHDS Community Services Boards (CSB) topic.
- Updated the Virginia DBHDS State Facilities topic.
- Updated the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI) topic.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Sevices (DBHDS) topic.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Education (DOE) topic.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) topic.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic.
- Updated the Virginia DRS Order of Selection topic.
- Updated the Virginia DSS Medicaid Manual On-Line topic.
- Updated the Virginia Gross Income - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia HIPP - Health Insurance Premium Payment Program - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia Industries for the Blind (VIB) topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Covered Groups topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Eligibility topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Long Term Care topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Overview topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resources Defined topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Exclusions topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Limits topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Waivers topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Agreement topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Blindness and Disability topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Cost Sharing and Premium Payment topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Entitlement and Enrollment topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Financial Eligibility topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Good Cause Exceptions topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Non-Financial Eligibility topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Overview topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Safety Net topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Work Incentive (WIN) Account topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medically Needy Income Levels topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicare Related Covered Groups topic.
- Updated the Virginia Standards of Assistance - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia Student Earned Income Exclusion - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia SSI State Supplement topic.
- Updated the Virginia Standards of Assistance - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia Student Earned Income Exclusion - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia TANF - Gross Countable Income topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program topic.
- Updated the Virginians with Disabilities Act (VDA) topic.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic with current information and new external data file.
- Updated the WIC - Income Requirement topic.
- Updated the Workers' Compensation Summary topic for many states.
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| 7.7.0 |
February 9, 2010 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with current information.
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion (Couple) topic with current information.
- Clarified allowing others to receive the BPQY section in the Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) topic.
- Updated the external file (manual) available in the Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) topic.
- Updated the Countable Earnings - SSDI (Title II) topic with current information.
- Updated the Federal Benefit Rate - SSI topic with current information.
- Updated the Getting Medicare Part B topic with current information.
- Updated several Individual Development Account (IDA) topics with current link information.
- Updated the external file available in the Iowa Acrobat Reader topic and several additional Iowa topics.
- Updated the Medicaid Per Capita Average Expenditures topic with current data.
- Updated the Medicare Buy-In for People with Disabilities Who Work - SSDI topic with current data.
- Updated the Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance topic with current data.
- Updated the Names of State SNAP (Food Stamp) Programs topic with current data.
- Updated the external file available in the Oklahoma Acrobat Reader topic and several additional Oklahoma topics.
- Updated the Oklahoma SSI State Supplement topic with current information.
- Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic with current information.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Allocation (Benefit) Levels topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Resource Tests topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Income Tests topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) Sample Calculations topic with current data.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamp) State Information/Hotline Numbers topic with current data.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with updated external form files.
- Updated the SSA Redbook topic with current information and updated external English and Spanish files.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic with current information.
- Updated the Trial Work Period topic with current data.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits topics, including Death Pension Amount, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Amount, Disability Compensation Amount, Health Care, Home Loans Guaranties Rates, Improved Pension Amount, Means Test Thresholds, Montgomery GI Bill topics, Vocational Rehabilitation Rates, and others.
- Updated the Virginia Aged, Blind, and Disabled Income Exclusions - Medicaid topic with current data.
- Updated the Virginia Applying for Mediciad topic with updated information.
- Updated the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI) topic with corrected office contact information.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Sevices (DBHDS), Virginia DBHS Community Service Boards, and Virginia DBHDS State Facilities topics with name and logo change from previous Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS) and corrected office contact information.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic.
- Updated the Virginia Food/Meal Programs - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Exclusions topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medically Needy Income Levels topic.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Overview topic.
- Updated the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA) topic.
- Updated the Virginia SSI State Supplement topic.
- Updated the Virginia Standards of Assistance - Medicaid topic.
- Updated the Virginia TANF - Assistance Unit topic.
- Updated the Virginia TANF - Gross Countable Income topic with current information.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic with new external data file.
- Updated the Workers' Compensation Summary topic for many states.
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| 7.6.0 |
April 25, 2009 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Added the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 and SNAP topic with information about mid-fiscal year benefit level increases.
- Added the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines - 2009 topic.
- Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic with 2009 data and external data file.
- Updated the Section 8 Housing Income Limits internal data file with new 2009 data.
- Updated the SSA PASS Cadre Locations topic.
- Updated the SSA Red Book topic and associated 2009 external files.
- Updated several Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) [Food Stamps] topics and internal data tables with program changes contained in the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009, which became effective April 1, 2009.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Health Care topic with current information and external data file.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Means Test Thresholds topic with current information and external data file.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic with current information and external data file.
- Updated many State SSI Supplement topics.
- Updated many State Workers' Compensation Summary topics with current information.
- Updated the Georgia Medicaid Financial Eligibility topic with current data and external data file.
- Updated the Iowa Desk Aid for Supplemental Assistance topic with current external data file.
- Updated the Iowa Eligibility for Benefits Desk Aid topic with current external data file.
- Updated the Oklahoma Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards Appendix C-1 external data file with current information.
- Updated the Virginia 2-1-1 topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia ABD with Income 80% FPL topic with new information effective March 1, 2009.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) Offices topic with current information.
- Updated many links with current URLs in the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic.
- Updated many internal data tables with new income limit information for the various Virginia Medicaid Covered Groups related to 2009 Federal Poverty Guidelines.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Exclusions topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Limits topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Agreement topic with new external data file.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Financial Eligibility topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Good Cause Exceptions topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Overview topic with new information.
- Updated the Virginia SSI State Supplement topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia TANF - Federal Poverty Level topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia TANF - Gross Countable Income topic with current information.
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| 7.5.0 |
December 22, 2008 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Updated internal data tables with new rates for many Federal programs effective January 1, 2009.
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with current information.
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion (Couple) topic with current information.
- Updated the Countable Earnings - SSDI (Title II) topic with current information.
- Added the Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) topic.
- Updated the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) topic with current information.
- Added the Educational Program Accounts topic.
- Updated the Federal Benefit Rate - SSI topic with current information.
- Updated the Getting Medicare Part B topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicaid Per Capita Average Expenditures topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicaid Per Capita Average Expenditures - Previous Years topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicare Buy-In for People with Disabilities Who Work - SSDI topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicare - Financing, Liabilities, and Payments topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage - Extra Help With Costs topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage - Frequently Asked Questions topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage - Interaction With Other Programs topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage - Overview topic with current information.
- Updated the Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance topic with current information.
- Updated the Medigap Policies (Medicare Supplement Insurance) - Overview topic with current information.
- Updated the Names of State SNAP (Food Stamps) Programs topic with current information.
- Added the Qualified Tuition Program (QTP or "529 Plan") topic.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with current information.
- Updated the SSI Glossary topic with current information.
- Updated the SSI Resources - Exclusions topic with current information.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with current information.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion Amount topic with current information.
- Updated the Substantial Gainful Activity topic with current information.
- Updated most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) [Food Stamps] topics with program changes contained in Public Law 110-246, The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) -- including a name change to the "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" or SNAP, as well as new rates for Federal Fiscal Year 2009, effective October 1, 2008.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamps) Benefit Levels topic with current information.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamps) Income Tests topic with current information.
- Updated the SNAP (Food Stamps) Resource Tests topic with current information.
- Added the SNAP (Food Stamps) Dependent Care Cost All Ages topic.
- Updated the SSA Red Book topic with current information.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic with current information.
- Added the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2008 topic with archival information.
- Updated the Ticket to Work Regulation Changes - 2008 topic with current information.
- Updated the Trial Work Period topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Death Pension Amount topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Amount topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Compensation Amount topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Pension topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Improved Pension Amount topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Montgomery GI Bill (Selected Reserve) topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Other Disability Benefits topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Spina Bifida Allowance topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Vocational Rehabilitation Rates topic with current information.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Women Vietnam Veterans' Children With Birth Defects topic with current information.
- Updated the WIC - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Contact Information topic with current information.
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| 7.4.0 |
August 14, 2008 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Updated many Food Stamp topics with summary of upcoming significant changes contained in Public Law 110-246, The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA).
- Added the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines - 2008 topic.
- Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic, associated external data file, and internal tables with current data.
- Updated internal Section 8 Income Limits table and associated tables with current data.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms and Redbook topics with associated external data files.
- Updated many Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency topics with recent changes and current data.
- Added the Ticket to Work Regulation Changes - 2008 topic.
- Added the Ticket to Work Program - Partnership Plus topic.
- Updated several Federal Workers' Compensation Summary topics with current data.
- Updated several Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care Benefits topics with current data.
- Updated several Veterans Affairs (VA) Education Assistance topics with current data.
- Added the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Post 9-11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 topic.
- Updated several WIC topics with current data.
- Updated many state's Workers' Compensation topics with current data.
- Updated many state's SSI State Supplement topics with most recent available data.
- Updated the Georgia Child Care topic with current external data files for reimbursement rates, applicable income, and maximum income/fee scales.
- Updated the Iowa Client Assistance Program topic with current data.
- Updated the Iowa Eligibility for Benefits Desk Aid topic with current data.
- Updated the South_Carolina Medicaid Program - Financial Eligibility and Overview topics with current data.
- Updated the Virginia ABD with Income 80% FPL topic with current rates.
- Updated many Virginia Medicaid internal data tables with current rates.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Exclusions topic with current rates.
- Updated the Virginia Medically Needy Income Levels topic with current rates.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Agreement topic with new external file.
- Revised the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Cost Sharing and Premium Payment topic to clarify that the program is currently premium-free for all enrollees.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Overview with current rates.
- Updated the Virginia Standards of Assistance - Medicaid topic with current rates.
- Updated many Virginia TANF internal data tables with current rates.
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| 7.3.0 |
February 1, 2008 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Updated internal data tables with new rates for many Federal programs and enabled program operation in 2008.
- Updated the Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) topic with revised external handbook file.
- Updated the SSA Red Book topic with 2008 rates and latest available external files.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic and internal tables with 2008 rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Death Pension Amount topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Amount topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Compensation Amount topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Health Care topic with new external data file.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Means Test Thresholds topic with 2008 rates and new external data file.
- Updated many State Workers' Compensation summary topics.
- Updated many SSI State Supplement topics with new FY2008 rates.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Financial Eligibility topic with new rates.
- Updated the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Non-Financial Eligibility topic with new LTC policy.
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| 7.2.0 |
December 5, 2007 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the Countable Earnings - SSDI (Title II) topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Federal Benefit Rate - SSI topic with calendar year 2008 rates.
- Updated the Food Stamp Program - Overview topic with new FY 2008 rates, program information, and URLs.
- Updated the Food Stamp Benefit Levels topic with new FY 2008 rates, program information, and URLs, and updated corresponding internal allotment data tables.
- Updated the Food Stamp Income Tests topic with new FY 2008 rates and URLs, and updated corresponding internal income and deductions data tables.
- Updated the Food Stamp Resource Tests topic with new FY 2008 rates.
- Updated the Food Stamp Sample Calculations topic with new FY 2008 rates.
- Updated the Food Stamp State Application Forms Online topic.
- Updated the Food Stamp State Information/Hotline Numbers topic.
- Updated Food Stamp Utility Standard internal data tables with new FY2008 rates.
- Updated the Getting Medicare Part B topic with new rates for 2008.
- Updated the Glossary of SSA Terminology - English - Spanish topic with new external data file.
- Updated the Glossary of SSA Terminology - Spanish-English topic with new external data file.
- Added the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines - 2007 topic.
- Updated the Medicare Buy-In for People with Disabilities Who Work - SSDI topic with new rates for 2008.
- Updated the Medicare - Financing, Liabilities, and Payments topic with new rates for 2008.
- Updated the Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance topic with new rates for 2008.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Redbook topic with new external 2007 English file.
- Updated the Standard Deduction - Food Stamps topic with new FY 2008 rates.
- Updated the State Median Income topic with new information.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion topics with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Substantial Gainful Activity topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Trial Work Period topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Montgomery GI Bill topics with new FY2008 rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP) topic with new FY2008 rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) topic with new FY2008 rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Vocational Rehabilitation Rates topic with new FY2008 rates.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic with new information and external data file.
- Updated the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.
- Updated the Delaware Child Care Subsidy - Income Limits topic with FY2008 rates.
- Updated the Delaware Food Stamp Utility Standard internal data tables with new FY2008 rates.
- Updated the Delaware Medicaid - Income Limits - FPL-Related topic with new rates for Transitional Medicaid, and updated internal data tables with those rates.
- Updated the Delaware Medicaid - Long Term Care Financial Eligibility topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Delaware - Medicaid - Spousal Impoverishment - Long Term Care topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Delaware TANF - Income Limits topic with new Standards of Need rates, and updated internal data tables with those rates.
- Updated the Iowa Desk Aid for Supplemental Assistance topic with new external data file.
- Updated the Iowa SSI Federal Benefit Rate topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.
- Updated the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.
- Updated the Oklahoma Child Care Assistance topics with new Child Care Eligibility/Rates Schedule external data file version revised 10/01/2007.
- Updated the Oklahoma TANF, State Supplemental Payment, and Medicaid topics with new Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards external data file version revised 10/01/2007.
- Updated the Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Financial Eligibility topic with new rates.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Working Disabled Program Overview topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Updated the Texas Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.
- Updated the Virginia Aged, Blind, and Disabled Income Exclusions - Medicaid topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.
- Revised the Virginia Medicaid Buy-In topic with new information about the MEDICAID WORKS program.
- Added the Virginia Medicaid Non-Financial Eligibility Requirements topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Overview topic to include the MEDICAID WORKS program.
- Added questions, calculations, and text results for complete integration of the new Virginia MEDICAID WORKS program.
- Updated several Virginia TANF internal data tables with new rates effective 10/1/2007 for FPL and Standard Deduction calculations.
- Added the Virginia Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program topic.
- Updated the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.
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| 7.1.0 |
August 9, 2007 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the now-archival Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach Program (BPAO) topic with information about its renamed successor, the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program.
- Updated the Employment Network (EN) topic with current information.
- Updated the Employment Network Outcome/Milestone Payment Amounts - TWWIIA topic with 2007 rates.
- Revised and updated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - Overview and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - Special Minimum Wages topics with new rates and information.
- Updated several Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage topics with current information, including the Overview, Frequently Asked Questions, Extra Help With Costs, and Interaction With Other Programs topics.
- Updated the Overview - Getting Started topic with information about multimedia tutorials and presentations available on the WorkWORLD website.
- Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic external tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated internal Section 8 Income Limits table with data effective March 20, 2007.
- Updated the U.S. FECA Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.
- Updated the U.S. LHWCA Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Health Care topic with new 2007 copayment external data file.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Means Test Thresholds topic with 2007 rates, information, and external data file.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Overview topic with new information and external data file.
- Updated the WIC - Income Requirement topic with new income eligibility rates.
- Added the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program topic.
- Updated many states' Workers' Compensation Summary topics with new rates.
- Updated the California SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Delaware Individual Training Accounts - WIA Vouchers topic with revised URLs.
- Updated the Delaware School-to-Work Transition Services topic with revised URLs.
- Revised the Delaware Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates and information.
- Updated the Delaware Works - Workforce Investment Program topic with revised URLs.
- Updated the District of Columbia SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Hawaii SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services Overview topic with new URLs.
- Updated Oklahoma Child Care Assistance topics with new Child Care Eligibility/Rates Schedule internal data file version revised 07/01/2007.
- Revised the Oklahoma Vocational Rehabilitation Overview topic with new rates and updated information.
- Updated the Pennsylvania SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Virginia Auxiliary Grants topic with new information.
- Updated the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia DRS Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Services topic with current information.
- Updated many internal tables with new income limits for Virginia Medicaid Covered Groups.
- Updated the Virginia Medically Needy Income Levels topic and internal tables with new rate information effective July 2007.
- Updated and revised the Virginia Olmstead Plan topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia SSI State Supplement topic and internal tables with new AG rate information effective July 2007.
- Updated the Virginia Standards of Assistance - Medicaid topic with new rate information effective July 2007.
- Updated the Virginia Welcome to the Virginia Benefit Information System (VABIS) topic with information about multimedia tutorials, presentations, and Virginia-specific training module lessons available on the WorkWORLD website.
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| 7.0.0 |
February 2, 2007 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion (Couple) topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Countable Earnings - SSDI (Title II) topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Federal Benefit Rate - SSI topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Getting Medicare Part B topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Medicare Buy-In for People with Disabilities Who Work - SSDI topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Medicare - Financing, Liabilities, and Payments topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance topic and internal tables with 2007 rates and new information about Part B.
- Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the SSI Glossary topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Added the archival State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2006 topic.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion Amount topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Substantial Gainful Activity topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Trial Work Period topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Death Pension Amount topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Amount topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Compensation Amount topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Pension topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Home Loan Guaranties with new rates and information about the Veterans Housing Opportunity and Benefits Act of 2006.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Other Disability Benefits topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Spina Bifida Allowance topic with new rates.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Women Vietnam Veterans' Children With Birth Defects topic with new rates.
- Updated many states Workers' Compensation Summary topics with current information.
- Updated the Delaware Medicaid - Income Limits - FPL-Related topic and internal tables with 2007 rates and information.
- Updated the Delaware Medicaid - Long Term Care Financial Eligibility topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Delaware Medicaid - Medicare Related Medicaid topic with 2007 information.
- Updated the Delaware Medicaid - Pregnant Women, Infants and Children topic with 2007 rates and information.
- Updated the Delaware Medicaid - Spousal Impoverishment - Long Term Care topic with 2007 rates and information.
- Updated the Georgia Child Care topic with current information and rates.
- Updated the Georgia Medicaid Financial Eligibility topic with external Eligibility Table for Calendar Year 2007 file.
- Updated the Iowa SSI Federal Benefit Rate topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Massachusetts Child Care - Income topic with current external Income Eligibility and Parent Co-Payment Tables file.
- Updated the Massachusetts SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Nevada SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the New Jersey SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the New York SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates and additional information.
- Updated external data file Oklahoma Appendix C-1, Schedule of Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards, to version revised 01/01/2007.
- Updated the Rhode Island SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Overview topic external data file Major Coverage Group Summary Chart to version dated 01/01/2007.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Working Disabled Financial Eligibility topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Working Disabled Program Overview topic with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Vermont SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.
- Added the Virginia Department of Education (DOE) topic.
- Revised many Virginia topics with updated URLs in external links.
- Updated the Virginia DRS Eligibility for Services topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia DRS Financial Participation in Cost of Services topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia DRS Order of Selection topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia DRS PERT Services topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia HIPP - Health Insurance Premium Payment Program - Medicaid topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Low Income Families with Children - Medicaid Eligibility topic.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Exclusions topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Medicaid Resource Limits topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Qualified Severely Impaired Individuals topic.
- Updated the Virginia SSI State Supplement topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Virginia Student Earned Income Exclusion - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Virginia TANF - Gross Countable Income topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.
- Updated the Virginia Women, Infants, and Children's Program (WIC) topic with current URLs and information.
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| 6.6.0 |
November 24, 2006 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Added the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) topic.
- Updated many Food Stamp program topics and internal tables with new information for Federal Fiscal Year 2007.
- Updated the Glossary of SSA Terminology - English-Spanish topics and Glossary of SSA Terminology - Spanish-English with current information.
- Added the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines - 2006 topic.
- Updated the Randolph-Sheppard Program topic with current information.
- Updated the SSA Red Book topic with current information and internal copy of the 2006 SSA Red Book, English Edition.
- Added the State Councils on Developmental Disabilities topic.
- Added the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) topic.
- Updated the US Program and Agency Resource Links topic with current information.
- Updated many Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Education and Training topics with current information and rates, including MGIB-AD, MGIB-SR, VEAP, and DEA.
- Added the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP) topic.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Vocational Rehabilitation Rates topic with Federal Fiscal Year 2007 rates.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic and also updated associated State WIC contacts list external data file.
- Updated the WIC - Income Requirement topic with current program year data.
- Updated state administered SSI State Supplement topics for many states.
- Updated Workers' Compensation Summary topics for many states.
- Revised and updated the US Program and Agency Resource Links topic.
- Updated the Delaware Child Care Subsidy - Income Limits topic with current information.
- Updated the Delaware Child Care Subsidy - Provider Payment Rates topic with current fiscal year information.
- Updated the Delaware TANF - Income Limits topic and internal tables with current information.
- Updated the Georgia Independent Living Councils topic with current information.
- Updated the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) Area Offices topic with current information.
- Updated the Massachusetts Insurance Partnership topics with new categorical and financial eligibility information.
- Updated the Massachusetts MassHealth Income Limits topic with current information.
- Updated the Massachusetts TAFDC - Tables of Eligibility Standards, Tables of Need Standards, and Tables of Payment Standards topics with current information.
- Updated many Oklahoma Aging Services topics with current information.
- Fixed many broken links in the Oklahoma Benefit Information System topics caused by state making URL changes on DHS website with no corresponding forwarding.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Financial Eligibility topic with current information.
- Updated the South Dakota Advocacy Services topic with current information.
- Fixed broken links in the South Dakota Benefit Information System (SDBIS) - Welcome and Introduction topic caused by URL changes with no corresponding forwarding.
- Updated the Virginia Assistive Technology Assessments topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic with current information.
- Updated the Virginia Industries for the Blind (VIB) topic with current information.
- Enhanced the Virginia Medicaid Program coverage by incorporating new and improved program calculations, revising many existing Help/Information System topics and adding new topics such as Virginia Medicaid - Extended LIFC, Virginia Medicaid Relatives of a Specified Degree, and Virginia Medicaid - Persons Essential to Well-Being, and adding additional Text Results including Virginia Alert - Ineligible for QDWI because of No Earnings, Virginia Alert - Ineligible for QMB, SLMB, QI or QDWI because of Income, Virginia Alert - Losing SSI May Affect Others' Medicaid Eligibility, and Virginia Alert - Losing SSI May Affect Spouse's Medicaid Eligibility.
- Updated the Virginia Medically Needy Income Levels topic and internal table with current income limits data.
- Updated the Virginia Standards of Assistance topic and internal table with current income limits data.
- Added complete coverage of the Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program with calculations of eligibility and benefits, incorporating new internal data tables, associated questions, text results, numeric results, and Help/Information System topics.
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| 6.5.0 |
April 24, 2006 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- WorkWORLD version 6.50 includes significant changes in program operation to improve ease of use:
- When users change the answer to a question (either in the Current Situation or in a "What-If" situation) other questions whose answer may change are automatically re-opened. We call the questions that re-open "dependent questions."
- When dependent questions re-open, their default answers are re-calculated automatically when appropriate.
- In WorkWORLD's Housing (Section 8) section, income and expense questions have been added so that users in families who live in Section 8 housing answer separately about their own and others' income and expenses.
- Added new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage topics.
- Added new SSA Disability Determination - New Approach topic and notes about it in related topics.
- Added new Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) Report question and corresponding context-sensitive Help topic, and Alert Text Result that prompts user to obtain a Benefits Planning Query (BPQY).
- Updated the Federal Poverty Guidelines topic by adding the 2006 table, related figures, and updated internal tables used in calculations with the new figures.
- Updated internal table of Section 8 Income Limits for all localities in all states with data from HUD, effective 03/06/2006.
- Updated internal Food Stamp Standard Utility Allowance tables for most states, based on 03/30/2006 data from USDA.
- Updated the Employment Network Outcome/Milestone Payment Amounts - TWWIIA topic with new amounts for 2006.
- Updated the SSA Handbook topic with current information.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with updated external form file.
- Updated and revised the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies topic with new information.
- Updated federally administered SSI State Supplement topics with 2006 figures for California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- Updated state administered SSI State Supplement topics for many states.
- Updated Workers' Compensation Summary topics for many states.
- Added new Medigap Policies (Medicare Supplement Insurance) topics.
- Added new State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) topic.
- Added new State Pharmacy Assistance Program (SPAP) topic.
- Revised and updated the US Program and Agency Resource Links topic.
- Updated the Workers' Compensation Summary - Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) topic with 2006 figures.
- Updated and revised the Food Stamp State Application Forms Online topic with current information.
- Added the Delaware ASSIST - Application for Social Services and Internet Screening Tool, Delaware Helpline, Delaware Division of State Service Centers - Office Locations, and Delaware Kinship Care Transitional Resource Program topics.
- Revised the Delaware IDA - Financial Eligibility topic, and updated the Delaware Medicaid - Income Limits - FPL-Related, Delaware State SSI Supplement, Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families (DSCYF), Delaware Elderly/Disabled Reduced Fare Transportation, Delaware Transportation Services Overview, and Delaware Welfare-to-Work Transportation Programs topics.
- Updated the Georgia Medicaid Financial Eligibility, Georgia PeachCare for Kids - Medical Insurance, Georgia Right from the Start Medicaid and Georgia Women's Health Medicaid Program topics.
- Updated the Oklahoma State SSI Supplement, Child Care Eligibility/Rates Schedule external data file used in Oklahoma Child Care Assistance topics, Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards external data file used in many Oklahoma Medicaid, Oklahoma State Supplemental Payment, and Oklahoma TANF topics, and revised the Oklahoma SoonerCare - Eligibility Overview, Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services - Eligibility, Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services - Guardianship Assistance, Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services - Locations, Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services - Overview, Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services - Residential Programs Overview, and Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Summary topics.
- Revised and updated the South Dakota Experience Works - Senior Workforce Solutions, South Dakota Geezer.com, South Dakota Black Hills Special Services Cooperative (BHSSC), South Dakota DSS - Rx Access (Medication Assistance), South Dakota SSI State Supplement, South Dakota Division of Developmental Disabilities (DD) - Overview, South Dakota Community Training Services (CTS) - DD Program, South Dakota Experience Works - Senior Workforce Solutions, South Dakota Long Term Care - Medical Assistance Overview, South Dakota Medicaid for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries, South Dakota Medicare-Related Medicaid - Countable Income, South Dakota Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), and South Dakota Transitional Medical Benefits topics.
- Added the 2-1-1 Virginia and Virginians with Disabilities Act (VDA) topics, and updated and revised the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices, Virginia HIPP - Health Insurance Premium Payment Program - Medicaid, Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA), Virginia Olmstead Plan, Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, Virginia Business Leadership Network, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), Virginia Medicaid Overview, Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS), Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices, and Virginia DRS Brain Injury Direct Services Fund (BIDS) topics.
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| 6.4.1 |
February 6, 2006 |
Minor Maintenance release
- Resolved two problems which were experienced by some users of Version 6.40: incomplete printing of text results in all situations, and failure to ask certain input questions when Delaware was the selected state of residence.
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| 6.4.0 |
December 22, 2005 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Updated many Supplemental Security Income topics with 2006 Federal Benefit Rates.
- Updated several Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) topics with new rates for 2006 and revised other EITC topics due to changes effective for the 2005 tax year (2006 filing period) based on the Working Families Tax Relief Act.
- Updated and revised many Medicaid topics with newly available information and 2006 rates.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with new internal copies of newly revised forms.
- Updated many Trial Work Period, Countable Earnings, and Substantial Gainful Activity topics with 2006 rates, and updated corresponding internal program tables.
- Updated many Medicare topics with 2006 rates, and updated corresponding internal program tables.
- Updated several Student Earned Income Exclusion topics with 2006 rates, and updated corresponding internal program tables.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic with calendar year 2006 amounts, and updated corresponding internal tables.
- Added the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Geographic Means Test Thresholds (GMT) topic.
- Updated many Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits topics with new information and annual rate changes, including Health Care, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, Death Pension, Women Viet Nam Veterans' Children with Birth Defects, Spina Bifida Allowance, Disability Pension, Other Disability Benefits, Improved Pension, and Disability Compensation topics.
- Updated many state Workers' Compensation Summary topics with new rates.
- Updated several Oklahoma Energy Assistance topics with revised URLs.
- Updated and revised Oklahoma Client Assistance Program, Disability Law Center, and Child Care Assistance topics.
- Updated Virginia SEIE - ABD - Income Medicaid topic with 2006 rates.
- Updated South Carolina Medicaid - Working Disabled Overview and Financial Eligibility topics with 2006 rates.
- Verified and updated many Massachusetts TAFDC topics for exempt and non-exempt assistance units, including tables of Eligibility, Need, and Assistance Standards.
- Updated Delaware Medicaid topics with new 2006 rates, including income eligibility, employment and eligibility, long term care financial eligibility, and spousal impoverishment topics.
- Updated the Virginia SSI State Supplement and Auxiliary Grant Personal Allowance topics with 2006 rates.
- Updated many Massachusetts Veterans' Services topics.
- Updated Iowa Eligibility For Benefits Desk Aid topic with new external data file.
- Improved the WorkWORLD Program Installation routine for enhanced compatibility with client machines on networks.
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| 6.3.0 |
October 31, 2005 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Added many context-specific Delaware Medicaid topics along with customized calculations, questions, and text results in program for DE Medicaid eligibility and benefits.
- Revised Numerical Results topic to explain new feature in program that displays deeming information.
- Updated many federal Food Stamp Program topics with new FY 06 rates and data, including Food Stamp Benefit Levels, Food Stamp Resource Tests, Food Stamp Income Tests, Food Stamp Sample Calculations, Vehicles (Federal Rules) - Food Stamps, Vehicles (State Rules) - Food Stamps, and Food Stamp State Information/Hotline Numbers. Also updated internal tables used in program Food Stamp calculations.
- Updated many SSI State Supplement topics with data released by SSA in September 2005.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Education and Training topics with rates effective FY 06, including Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty), Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Montgomery GI Bill (Selected Reserve), and Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA).
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Vocational Rehabilitation Rates topic with rates effective FY 06.
- Updated Workers' Compensation Summary topics for many states.
- Updated and revised the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Individual Development Account (IDA) - Overview topics with information about revised SSA regulations concerning exclusion of resources.
- Updated the Individual Development Account (IDA) - State Differences topic with new 2005 external data file.
- Updated and revised the SSI Resources - Definition, SSI Resources - Countable Resources, SSI Resources - Exclusions, SSI Unearned Income - Exclusions, and Over/Under Payment topics with information about revised SSA regulations concerning exclusions of various forms of income and resources.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic with new data.
- Added the Glossary - WIA and Unemployment topic, with internal English only, English-Spanish, and Spanish-English files.
- Added the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines - 2005 topic, and updated links in previous 2004 LLSIL and 2003 LLSIL topics.
- Updated Massachusetts Energy Assistance Programs - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Income Eligibility Chart topic with 2005-2006 rates.
- Updated Massachusetts Food Stamps - Categorical Eligibility Income Standards topic with new rates effective 10/1/2005.
- Updated Delaware Child Care Subsidy - Provider Payment Rates, Delaware TANF - Income Limits, and Delaware Child Care Subsidy - Income Limits topics with new rates effective 10/1/2005.
- Updated external data files Oklahoma Appendix C-1, Schedule of Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards, to version revised 10/01/2005 and Oklahoma Appendix C-4, Child Care Rates/Eligibility Schedule, to version revised 9/01/2005.
- Updated Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic to fix arbitrarily changed URLs with no corresponding forwarding.
- Updated the Massachusetts MassHealth Income Limits topic with current rates.
- Updated the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Summary, Massachusetts Workers' Compensation - Maximum and Minimum Benefits Table (§34 and §34A Claims), and Massachusetts Workers' Compensation - Statewide Average Weekly Wage topics with current rates.
- Added the new Virginia Recommendation - Loss of AG Medicaid because of Earnings context-specific topic and program Text Result.
- Updated many Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Services topics.
- Updated and revised the Virginia Standards of Assistance and Virginia Medically Needy Income Levels topics with data effective 7/1/2005, and added Virginia Medicaid Income Limits data in internal tables for period 07/01/2005 to 06/30/2006.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) Offices topic.
- Updated many South Dakota Department of Labor (DOL) topics to account for reorganization of DOL website without corresponding URL forwarding.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Partners for Healthy Children topic with new income limits.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Financial Eligibility topic with new income limits.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Overview topic with revised URLs and new external data file with coverage information.
- Added the Massachusetts Child Care - Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) topic, and revised most Massachusetts Child Care topics to account for the consolidation of the two former agencies, Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) and Early Learning Services Division at the Department of Education, into the new Department of Early Education and Care.
- Updated Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic.
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| 6.0.0 |
May 23, 2005 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Added and integrated entire South Dakota Benefit Information System (SDBIS) into WorkWORLD Help/Information system.
- Updated Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE) calculations in program due to new eligibility expansion and related rules. Also revised and added many related informational and context-specific (questions, Alerts, Recommendations) topics.
- Updated many SSI State Supplement topics.
- Updated internal tables with new Housing (Section 8) income limits.
- Updated many SSI resources, unearned income, and in-kind support topics with newly effective rules concerning automobiles, household goods, and personal effects.
- Updated the Federal Poverty Guidelines topic and associated external files with new figures.
- Revised the Delaware DSS - Eligibility Re-determination and Medicaid - Application Procedures topics with new interview waiver and reinstatement without new application waiver information.
- Updated the SSA Red Book topic and incorporated newly revised 2005 external English and Spanish Red Book files.
- Updated the WIC - Income Requirement topic with new rates.
- Updated many state Workers' Compensation summary topics.
- Revised and updated many Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits topics, and added the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Appeals topic.
- Updated the Property Essential to Self-Support (PESS) topic.
- Updated the Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) topic.
- Added the Self-Employment and Small Business topic.
- Updated many Virginia DMHMRSAS topics due to URL changes without corresponding forwarding.
- Added 2005 income limit tables to the Delaware Medicaid - Income Limits - FPL Related topic, and updated related information in many related topics.
- Updated the Virginia Business Leadership topic.
- Updated the Food Stamp State Application Forms Online topic.
- Updated the State Median Income topic with FY 2006 numbers.
- Added the Customized Employment topic.
- Updated the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) topic with new information about TAXfacts+.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with newly revised external forms.
- Updated the Georgia Client Assistance Program (CAP) topic.
- Added the Intermediate Care Facility for People with Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) topic.
- Updated the Employment Network Outcome/Milestone Payment Amounts - TWWIIA topic with new rates.
- Added the Affirmative Action and People with Disabilities topic.
- Updated Georgia Medicaid Financial Eligibility topic with new external data file.
- Updated the Massachusetts Transportation Resources - Overview and Transportation Resource Benefits Wizard topics.
- Added the WIA Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines topics.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic.
- Updated the Massachusetts Disability Law Center topic.
- Added the Supported Employment topic.
- Updated Oklahoma Appendix C-1, Schedule of Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards.
- Added the Access Virginia topic.
- Added the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) topic.
- Updated the US Program and Agency Resource Links topic.
- Updated the South Dakota Expanded Categorical Eligibility - Food Stamps topic.
- Added the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) topic.
- Updated the Iowa Appendix RC-0018, Desk Aid for State Supplemental Assistance, and Appendix RC-0033, Eligibility for Iowa Benefits Desk Aid.
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| 5.3.8 |
December 17, 2004 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Added and integrated entire Delaware Benefit Information System (DEBIS) into WorkWORLD Help/Information system.
- Added the Tax Credit Programs for Employers - Overview, Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtWTC) ,and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) topics due to retroactive two-year reauthorization (back to December 31, 2003) in October 2004.
- Added the Medicare Drug Discount Card and Medicare Prescription Drug Subsidy topics.
- Updated the Workers' Compensation Summary topics of many states with data for 2005.
- Updated the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) topic with amounts and information for 2004 tax year, for use during the 2005 filing season.
- Updated and revised the SSA Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) topic and included newly revised September 2004 revision of the BPQY Handbook.
- Updated the WIC - Contact Information topic with new 11/2004 data.
- Updated the Federal Benefit Rate - SSI topic with 2005 numbers.
- Updated the Trial Work Period topic with 2005 numbers.
- Added boxed Alert text about work activity, disability onset date, final determination notification, and SGA in many context-sensitive topics.
- Updated the SSA Redbook topic with interim 2005 numbers.
- Updated the Countable Earnings - SSDI (Title II) topic with 2005 numbers.
- Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion and Student Earned Income Exclusion Amount topics with 2005 numbers.
- Added the SSA Appeals Process topic.
- Updated the SSI Glossary topic with 2005 numbers.
- Updated the Substantial Gainful Activity topic with 2005 numbers.
- Added the PASS Cadre Locations topic.
- Updated Medicaid - Overview topic and many associated topics based on September 2004 revisions of Department of Health and Human Services source documents.
- Updated Medicare - Overview topic and many associated topics based on September 2004 revisions of Department of Health and Human Services source documents.
- Updated the Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance topic with 2005 numbers.
- Updated the Medicare Buy-In for People with Disabilities Who Work - SSDI topic with 2005 numbers.
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic and internal tables with new thresholds for calendar year 2005.
- Added the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2004 archival topic.
- Updated nearly every Section 8 Rent Assistance topic, adding Source (from the Code of Federal Regulations) to most topics, revising to remove references to Tenant-Based Certificates and to indicate that Project-Based Certificates are being phased out, and revising index entries. Also added the Section 8 Rent and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program topic.
- Updated the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (PCA) topic.
- Updated the Food Stamp State Application Forms Online topic.
- Added the US Program and Agency Resource Links topic.
- Updated the Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) topic.
- Updated the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) topic.
- Updated the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies topic.
- Updated the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), Child Care Lead Agency, and Child Care TANF Definitions topics with new and changed links to NCCIC resources.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Amount topics with rates effective December 1, 2004.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Death Pension Amount topic with rates effective December 1, 2004.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Spina Bifida Allowance and Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Women Vietnam Veterans' Children With Birth Defects topics with rates effective December 1, 2004.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Improved Pension Amount topic with rates effective December 1, 2004.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Other Disability Benefits topic with rates effective December 1, 2004.
- Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Compensation Amount topic with rates effective December 1, 2004.
- Updated the Georgia Protection and Advocacy Services topic with new contact information.
- Updated the South Carolina Medicaid Program - Working Disabled Program Overview and SC Medicaid Program - Working Disabled Financial Eligibility topics with 2005 numbers.
- Updated Oklahoma Appendix C-1, Schedule of Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards, to version revised 12/01/2004.
- Updated the Georgia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - TANF topic.
- Updated the Georgia Individual Training Accounts topic with current URL.
- Updated the Massachusetts SSI State Supplement topic with 2005 data.
- Updated the Delaware SSI State Supplement topic with 2005 data.
- Updated the Massachusetts Energy Assistance Programs - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Income Eligibility Chart topic with 2004-2005 season limits and changed URLs.
- Updated the Iowa SSI Federal Benefit Rate topic with 2005 numbers.
- Updated the Virginia Aged, Blind, and Disabled Income Exclusions - Medicaid and Student Earned Income Exclusion - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid topics with 2005 numbers.
- Updated the Georgia Energy Assistance - Home Heating and Weatherization topic.
- Updated the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities topic.
- Updated and changed many external links in Massachusetts Housing topics necessitated by changes in Massachusetts portal sites without corresponding URL forwarding.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic with current links.
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| 5.3.7 |
October 21, 2004 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Added new Case Notes feature in program along with associated Help topic.
- Updated Food Stamp Program Income, Deduction, and Allotment amounts in many Help/Information topics and internal program tables with information for Fiscal Year 2005.
- Added the 2004 Redbook, Spanish Edition to the SSA Red Book topic.
- Updated the Workers' Compensation topics of many states.
- Adjusted program end dates for Virginia, Massachusetts, and Housing in internal program tables.
- Updated Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Education Benefit Payment Rates.
- Updated Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Vocational Rehabilitation Rates topic.
- Updated Oklahoma Appendix C-1, Schedule of Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards.
- Updated external file used in the Iowa topic Eligibility for Iowa Benefits Desk Aid.
- Added the SSA Program Operations Manual System (POMS) topic.
- Updated the Georgia Workers' Compensation - Summary topic.
- Added the Glossary of SSA Terminology - English-Spanish and Glossary of SSA Terminology - Spanish-English topics.
- Updated the Oklahoma Child Care Eligibility/Rates Schedule external file.
- Updated the Federal WIC - Contact Information topic with new information and external files.
- Updated the State Median Income topic with FY 2005 data.
- Updated the Alaska SSI State Supplement topic.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic.
- Updated the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies topic with new contact information.
- Updated and changed many links in dozens of Massachusetts Medical Assistance topics necessitated by changes in Massachusetts portal sites (again).
- Updated the WIC - Income Requirement topic with new income limits and changed links.
- Added the Virginia Olmstead Plan topic.
- Added the Veterans Service Organizations - Overview and many VSO topics.
- Updated many Virginia Medicaid topics.
- Added the Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare (VIEW) topic and updated the Virginia Low Income Families with Children - Medicaid Eligibility and Virginia Standards of Assistance topics to clarify VIEW provisions.
- Added the Virginia Acronyms and Terminology topic.
- Added the Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) topic.
- Added the Virginia Relay topic.
- Added the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) topic.
- Added the Virginia Assistive Technology Assessments topic.
- Added the Virginia Telework Loans topic.
- Updated the Virginia Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority (ATLFA) and Consumer Service Fund (CSF) topics.
- Updated the Georgia Independent Living Council topic with current contact and CIL geographic area map information.
- Added the SSA Disability Determination Process topic.
- Updated the Plan for Achieving Self-Support topic with additional links and new additional resource information.
- Added the SSI Glossary topic.
- Added the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities topic.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic.
- Updated the SSI/DI Application Information topic.
- Added the Virginia Women, Infants, and Children's Program (WIC) topic.
- Updated the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Locations topic.
- Added the Food Stamp State Application Forms Online topic.
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| 5.3.6 |
July 8, 2004 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Fixed memory leak problem causing slow operation in Windows 9x systems.
- Improved interface when using with built-in speech enabled.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic and associated external files.
- Updated the Workers' Compensation topics of many states.
- Updated the Georgia Home and Community Based Services topic.
- Added the California Workers' Compensation Reform - 2004 topic.
- Added the Georgia Cobb County Community Services Board topic.
- Updated and changed many external links in Massachusetts topics necessitated by changes in Massachusetts portal sites.
- Updated the Federal WIC - Contact Information topic.
- Added the Educational Income Exclusion (Delaware) - Food Stamps topic and updated the Educational Assistance Income - Food Stamps and Work-Study Educational Income - Food Stamps topics.
- Updated Oklahoma Appendix C-1.
- Updated the Using the WorkWORLD Help/Information System On The Web topic.
- Added the Oklahoma Client Assistance Program and Oklahoma Disability Law Center topics.
- Updated the South Carolina Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. and South Carolina Advocacy Services - Client Assistance Program topics.
- Added the Massachusetts Disability Law Center and Massachusetts Client Assistance Program topics.
- Updated the Georgia Protection and Advocacy Services topic.
- Added the Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services and Iowa Client Assistance Program topics.
- Added the Delaware Disabilities Law Program topic.
- Added the South Dakota Advocacy Services topic.
- Updated the Protection and Advocacy Systems - Overview topic.
- Added the South Dakota [Sioux Falls] Business Leadership Network topic.
- Updated the SSI State Supplement topics of several states.
- Updated the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) Offices topic.
- Added the APSE and APSE Chapters topics.
- Added the Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) topic.
- Revised and updated the Area Work Incentives Coordinator (AWIC) topic.
- Added new national Business Leadership Network (BLN) and associated BLN Acronym Listing topics, along with individual state BLN topics for Virginia, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and Iowa.
- Updated Massachusetts Child Care - Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) topic.
- Updated SSI State Supplements - Overview, SSI State Supplements -- Federal Admin, and SSI State Supplement -- State Admin, and SSI State Supplement -- None topics.
- Updated the Massachusetts EAEDC Rent Allowance topic and other topics referencing it.
- Updated references to Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia topics to new Secretary of State website.
- Updated external Child Care Family Income Limits and Sliding Scale Fees Table used in Massachusetts Child Care - Income topic.
- Updated external files used in the Iowa topics Desk Aid for Supplemental Assistance and Eligibility for Iowa Benefits Desk Aid.
- Updated the SSA Red Book topic with 2004 rates and external files.
- Revised the SSA Handbook topic.
- Revised the Relationship of Medicaid and Medicare topic.
- Revised the VA Medicare Related Covered Groups topic.
- Updated the Federal Poverty Guidelines topic.
- Updated the South Carolina Workforce Development - Family Independence Tax Credit and Family Independence Program - Family Independence Tax Credit topics.
- Added interim information in Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance - Overview and Unemployment Insurance - Division of Employment and Training Services (DET) topics about reorganization of DET into DUA and DCS.
- Updated the DisabilityInfo.gov topic.
- Updated the Medicaid Waiver Templates, Medicaid Freedom of Choice Waivers - Overview, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and The Olmstead Decision topics.
- Updated the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) - Food Stamps topic.
- Updated the South Carolina Housing Supports - Section 8 Rental Assistance and Housing Supports - Section 8 Rental Assistance Applications topics.
- Updated the SSI/DI Application Information topic.
- Updated the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies topic.
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| 5.3.4 |
March 5, 2004 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the Federal Poverty Guidelines topic with 2004 data released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on February 13, 2004.
- Updated internal tables with new Housing (Section 8) income limits, effective January 28, 2004.
- Updated the SSI State Supplement topics with calendar year 2004 amounts for California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont.
- Improved program operational speed with interim changes for users of Windows 98, 98SE, and ME.
- Updated the Georgia Medicaid Financial Eligibility topic by adding new 2004 eligibility table.
- Revised the State Median Income topic and added new and historical data covering Federal Fiscal Years 1998-2004.
- Added the SoonerCare Plus - Discontinued - Oklahoma topic and explanatory notes in many topics related to the SoonerCare Plus program termination effective January 1, 2004.
- Added the Oklahoma State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) topic.
- Updated many Transitional Assistance for Families with Dependent Children in Massachusetts topics with current rates.
- In program, added progress indicator when exporting a case file.
- Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic and associated external files.
- Updated the Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance - Primary Base Period and Unemployment Insurance - Alternate Base Period topics.
- Updated the Employment Network Outcome/Milestone Payment Amounts - TWWIIA topic with new rates for calendar year 2004.
- Updated the Medicaid Buy-In topic with State status and map information current as of 01/24/2004.
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| 5.3.2 |
December 18, 2003 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts topic and internal tables with new thresholds for calendar year 2004.
- Updated the SSI State Supplement topics and internal tables with new rates for calendar year 2004 for Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Virginia.
- Revised Massachusetts calculations of MassHealth Standard premiums, updated internal tables with new variables, and revised a number of related text results, all required by new rules effective 11/01/2003.
- Added a number of Disability Employment Rights Laws topics, including Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination, Job Applicants and the ADA, Employment Rights and the ADA, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - Overview.
- Added explanation of 1619(b) process in Virginia with new VA 1619(b) Status and VA DSS Sample 1619(b) Referral Letter topics with links from, and notes in, associated topics.
- Updated the Medicaid Buy-In topic with new State status and map information.
- Updated the Georgia Child Care topic and supporting external PDF appendix files Attachment A, Attachment C, and Attachment D with new information and rates based on FFY 2004 and 2005 State Plan.
- Updated many Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits topics with new rates and tables effective 12/01/2003.
- Updated the Medicaid Per Capita Average Expenditures topic with data for use in calendar year 2004.
- Updated Oklahoma Appendix C-1, Schedule of Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards, to version revised 01/01/2004.
- Added the SSA Sample 1619(b) Referral Letter topic and links from associated topics.
- Added the Area Work Incentives Coordinator (AWIC) topic.
- Updated the Alternate Participants (AP) topic to reflect TWWIIA implementation progress.
- Added the Using the Help/Information System On The Web topic, and links to it from State introductory pages.
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| 5.3.0 |
November 26, 2003 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Added and integrated all information from the Virginia Benefit Information System (VABIS), and added additional Virginia-specific questions, calculations, and results.
- Comprehensively updated, revised, and expanded Massachusetts Benefits Information System (MABIS) topics.
- Comprehensively updated, revised, and expanded Oklahoma Benefits Information System (OKBIS) topics.
- Enhanced Numeric Results section with additional information showing Work Incentive usage.
- Updated Federal Medicare topics, including Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-Insurance, Medicare Buy-In for People with Disabilities Who Work - SSDI, Medicare - Financing, Liabilities, and Payments, Getting Medicare Part B, and Medicare Part B Premium Deduction with new rates for calendar year 2004.
- Updated Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE) topics and internal tables with 2004 rates.
- Updated Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) topics and internal tables with 2004 rates.
- Updated Trial Work Period (TWP) and Countable Earnings topics and internal tables with 2004 rates.
- Updated Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) topics and internal tables with 2004 rates.
- Updated Veterans Affairs (VA) Vocational Rehabilitation and Montgomery GI Bill topics with FFY 2004 rates.
- Updated all individual State Workers' Compensation summary topics.
- Added the Accessibility Tax Incentives, Disabled Access Credit, and Barrier Removal Tax Deduction topics.
- Revised and updated the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and EITC Qualifying Children topics with current rules and rates.
- Added the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) topic.
- Updated the Federal LIHEAP - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program topic.
- Added the Wagner-Peyser Act topic.
- Added the SSI Redetermination - Age 18 topic.
- Updated the Continuing Disability Review topic.
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| 5.2.0 |
October 9, 2003 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Added Smart Update method to take advantage of advanced technology.
- Updated internal tables with new Food Stamps allocations, income limits, and deductions.
- Updated internal tables with new Housing (Section 8) income ranges.
- Updated internal tables with new Massachusetts health premiums and income limits.
- Updated Spousal Unearned income topics to clarify meaning.
- Revised and improved explanation of Trial Work Period.
- Updated many Food Stamp topics with new allotment, income limit, and deduction information for Federal Fiscal Year 2004 (beginning October 1, 2003).
- Updated Georgia PeachCare for Kids Medical Insurance topic.
- Updated the Federal Rules and State Rules topic concerning vehicles and Food Stamps with new information based on August 2003 survey of State rules and policies.
- Added Help topic and question about SSI spousal resources amount and reworded original SSI resources amount topic.
- Updated and changed the wording of the Living Alone topic and question (formerly Living Independently) to avoid confusion with Independent Living.
- Added a clarification topic and additional links about Subsidies and Special Conditions.
- Updated the Earned Income Disregard for Section 8 topic to clarify the work incentive.
- Fixed problem related to deletion of situations in existing cases.
- Fixed problem related to display of banner lines in input section.
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| 5.0.1 |
July 7, 2003 |
Major Update and Maintenance release
- Changed Smart Download/Install method to take advantage of advanced technology.
- Improved user interface for import/export of case files
- Substantially updated Massachusetts Help/Information topics.
- Updated Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 and Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program topics to reflect implementation changes and progress.
- Added many Ticket related topics covering a wide range of consumer and professional interests.
- Added Medicaid information related to Home and Community Based Waivers, and comprehensively updated other Medicaid topics.
- Added entire Georgia Benefits Information System.
- Updated SSI Supplement information for many States.
- Added HIPPAA and related topics.
- Added JWOD, Randolph-Sheppard, NISH, and NIB topics.
- Added Disability Rights Laws, ADA, and related topics.
- Added many other topics of general interest to users, including Protection and Advocacy, One-Stops, New Freedom Initiative, BPAO, LIHEAP, TANF, CIL and SILC, SSA Disability Process, SSA's BEST, SCHIP, etc.
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| 4.4.2 |
November 7, 2002 |
Update and Maintenance release
- Updated the Eligibility for Iowa Benefits Desk Aid and the Iowa Desk Aid for Supplemental Assistance summary sheets.
- Updated initialization file and all topics referring to newly released 2003 Federal rates for SSI (FBR and SEIE), SSDI (SGA and TWP), and Medicare (Buy-in, Part B deduction, and premiums, deductibles, and co-insurance).
- Added tables with Federal Poverty Guidelines from previous years.
- Fixed problems related to installing WorkWORLD.
- Fixed problem associated with uninstalling WorkWORLD.
- Fixed problem occurring when using WorkWORLD on multiple-user computers with OS allowing different user permission levels.
- Added several topics about transportation resources in Massachusetts.
- Updated topics containing information about Vocational Rehabilitation Services and refusal to accept VR services.
- Improved display of topics associated with SSI State Supplements and related questions.
- Fixed problem with Importing an External Case File.
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| 4.4.1 |
October 11, 2002 |
Maintenance release
- Fixed timing problem related to SSI Supplement amount question in Massachusetts.
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| 4.4.0 |
September 30, 2002 |
Major release
- Added integral text to speech accessibility enhancements to WorkWORLD program, along with explanatory Help topics.
- Added entire Massachusetts Benefit Information System (MABIS) to topics, index, and TOC, along with associated questions and calculations.
- Updated many Food Stamps topics and calculations to account for Federal Fiscal Year 2003 (begins October 1, 2002) changes in income limits, deductions, and allotments, and changes in regulations.
- Updated SSI State Supplement topics for every State and associated text results.
- Updated 1619b State Thresholds for current 2002 year.
- Added and revised topics to account for Medicaid Buy-In developments.
- Added entire Oklahoma Benefit Information System (OKBIS) to topics, index, and TOC.
- Updated Section 8 Housing rates with current values for 2002.
- Added several and updated many Veterans Affairs topics with new rules and rates for 2002.
- Updated many topics concerning Medicare continuing coverage and the Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE) to reflect changes based on TWWIIA.
- Updated TWWIIA topics to reflect publication of final regulations.
- Updated many topics related to Social Security Work Incentives to incorporate changes to the Social Security Administration's 2002 version of its Redbook on Employment Supports (formerly known as the Redbook on Work Incentives).
- Substantially revised and updated Help system to clarify instructions in operational topics and explanations in benefits topics.
- Added numerous essential Help/Information topics about the Olmstead Decision, Medicaid Waiver Templates, CMS Promising Practices website, and TWWIIA.
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| 4.0.2 |
December 20, 2001 |
Maintenance release
- Updated TWWIIA topics to reflect implementation delays.
- Added new TWWIIA topic about "Ticket Payment Systems and Employment Networks".
- Added additional topics and links pertaining to SSDI Subsidies.
- Added additional topics and links pertaining to Food Stamps Household Composition and Household size.
- Fixed minor problems related to printing in Housing section and recalculation in Food Stamps section.
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| 4.0.1 |
November 22, 2001 |
Maintenance release
- Updated initialization file and topics related to FBR, SGA, SEIE, and Medicare Part B with newly announced rates for calendar year 2002.
- Updated TWP threshold amount in Trial Work Period topic.
- Corrected default answer to Medicare Part B premium deduction, and several amounts in graphics in Tutorial Example 2 - Section 8 topic.
- Updated several Food Stamp topics, changed question wording, and added question to account for recent regulation changes related to shelter deductions for homeless households.
- Added topic for North Carolina Food Stamp expanded categorical eligibility criteria.
- Updated Food Stamp vehicle resource valuation topics with continuously changing latest information from States.
- Updated installation topic.
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| 4.0.0 |
October 19, 2001 |
Major Release
- Extensively revised navigation and operation topics to include newly added Food Stamps and Section 8 portions of WorkWORLD.
- Added entire Section 8 Rent Assistance Program to topics, index, and TOC.
- Added all Food Stamps topics for questions and text results context-sensitive help and further explanations to index and TOC.
- Updated Export a Case File - Overview topic to include section on data backup.
- Updated Veterans Affairs Benefits topics with new information and current benefit amounts.
- Updated Installation topic with new PC requirements and new procedures.
- Added topics for Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 and Ticket To Work And Self-Sufficiency Program.
- Updated SSI State Supplement topic for every State.
- Added entire Iowa Benefits System to topics, index, and TOC.
- Updated 1619b State Thresholds for current 2001 year.
- Added archival 1619b topics for years 2000, 1999, and 1998.
- Updated Version and Changes in this Version topics.
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| 3.5.1 SP1 |
July 2, 2001 |
Service Pack to Correct Consumer Price Index (CPI) Problems
- Updated FBR so calculations based on CPI are correct
- Updated appropriate help topics
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| 3.5.1 |
October 23, 2000 |
Maintenance release with PASS Cadre and User Suggestions
- Added resource deeming to questions and calculations
- Added questions and associated calculations to correctly handle situations where SSDI recipients were previously under or over paid at a time when they were also receiving SSI
- Corrected SSI amount calculation for situation when user has SSI but not Medicaid, as well as SSDI and Medicare, and the Medicare Part B premium is not paid by Medicare
- Fixed rounding error in PMV amount
- Fixed SSI initial eligibility calculations for applicants who are blind when SGA is not a factor
- Added married but living apart from spouse question for SEIE calculations
- Changed the default help window behavior to Not on Top
- Modified data entry routines to prevent entry of illegal characters in situation labels and file, consultant, and customer names
- Added topic about Confidentiality and Personal Identifiers
- Updated Food Stamp benefits topics using Fiscal Year 2001 rates
- Substantially increased indexing of operational topics
- Updated Veterans Affairs (VA) topics with calendar year 2000 rates
- Added Additional Information section to all State SSI Supplement topics
- Added calendar year 2001 data to initialization file for individual and couple SSI benefit rates and Medicare Part B premium amount, and updated affected Help topics
- Added 5 questions and 2 Notes
- Updated 7 questions, 2 Alerts, 1 Recommendation, and 2 Notes
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| 3.5.0 |
September 1, 2000 |
Major release
- Added questions that allow possibility of using IRWE or BWE for SSI cash benefit eligibility
- Added questions about individualized earnings thresholds for self and spouse
- Added questions about final determination by SSA for SSI and SSDI
- Added Alerts about when PASS amounts exceed available income for both self and spouse
- Added Alerts to warn of loss of Medicaid when earnings exceed 1619b State or individualized thresholds for self or spouse
- Alerts were added to warn about earning SGA prior to final determination of SSI and SSDI eligibility.
- Added state thresholds to .ini file to allow for automatic Alerts
- Updated SSI supplement maximums in the .ini file
- All States now have topics showing SSI Supplements for all applicable living arrangements in the Help and Information System
- Enhanced file display dialog to show complete files names and file properties
- Enhanced file display dialog can be sorted in ascending or descending order on any of the available columns
- Modifications to command names and buttons to ensure conformance to Windows standards
- Added 10 questions and 13 Alerts
- Updated 4 Alerts, 10 Recommendations, and 1 Note
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| 3.0.2 |
March 9, 2000 |
Maintenance release
- Fixed problem with Medicare Part B deduction in certain circumstances
- Minor Help topic clarifications
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| 3.0.1 |
March 1, 2000 |
Major release
- Conversion of saved cases from previous versions
- Changes in many annual benefit levels to Help topics
- Recommendations for PASS/IRWE if not currently eligible for SSI
- Import/export capabilities with cross-version compatibility
- Text outputs individually and smoothly scrollable
- Printers selectable and controllable within program
- Navigation improved
- Help Information icon added to toolbar
- Individualized defaults for State and consultant name
- Enhanced alerts, recommendations, and notes
- Incorporation of new Federal benefit rates into calculations
- Updated changed contacts, addresses, and URLs
- Several new Help topics each for new Tools menu with Import, Export, and Convert commands
- Reordered and reduced number of questions required
- Updated operational interface topics
- Improved and updated tutorial
- Added 6 questions, 6 Alerts, 5 Recommendations, and 2 Notes
- Updated 10 Recommendations
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| 2.1.5 |
August 3, 1999 |
Corrected mismatched State names in database |
| 2.1.4 |
July 1, 1999 |
Allowed for computation of selected State differences |
| 2.1.0 |
May 20, 1999 |
Added possibility of State differences |
| 2.0.0 |
April 10, 1999 |
Version allowed for additional Federal benefits in calculations |
| 1.0.5 |
October 6, 1998 |
First widely distributed version |
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