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2013 March - April

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The March-April 2013 Clearinghouse Review has articles on income for disabled coal miners; foreclosures of FHA-insured mortgages; the Affordable Care Act and building assets; the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act; attorney fee awards for legal services programs; rights of parents with psychiatric disabilities; and safe harbor laws and sex-trafficked children.

Issue: 2013 March - April

About This Issue

By Ilze Sprudzs Hirsh

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The March-April 2013 Clearinghouse Review offers readers a variety of "the new" and "the old" in article topics and presen

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Topic: Attorneys & Legal Services

Issue: 2013 March - April

Black Lung Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners and Their Families

By Stephen A. Sanders

$15.00

The federal black lung benefits program supports coal miners when they are totally disabled by black lung disease.

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Topic: Disability, Public Benefits

Issue: 2013 March - April

Strategies for Defending Foreclosures of FHA-Insured Mortgages

By Steven Sharpe

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Since the collapse of the housing market, mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) constitute a much grea

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Topic: Consumer

Issue: 2013 March - April

The Affordable Care Act: An Effective Asset-Building Policy

By Karen K. Harris, Alexander I. Hoffman

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When people think about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they initially think about health care.

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Topic: Health, Public Benefits

Issue: 2013 March - April

The Indian Child Welfare Act: Intersections with Disability and the Americans with Disabilities Act

By Ella Callow

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To Native American families and tribes the Indian Child Welfare Act offers procedural protections such as heightened evidentiary st

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Topic: Disability, Health, Native Americans

Issue: 2013 March - April

Funding Legal Services Programs with Attorney Fee Awards

By Jennifer S. Wagner

$15.00

The financial crisis has been extremely damaging for programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and their clients.

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Topic: Attorneys & Legal Services

Issue: 2013 March - April

Keeping Families Together: Preserving the Rights of Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities

By Jennifer Mathis

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Parents with psychiatric disabilities lose their children through child welfare proceedings at an alarmingly high rate.

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Topic: Disability, Family Law, Health

Issue: 2013 March - April

State Safe Harbor Laws and Recommendations for Future Legislation

By Jill P. Rawal, Stephanie Kay Richard, Aradhana Tiwari

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Although federal law and many state laws recognize that sex-trafficked children are victims and should be treated as such, many sta

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Topic: Criminal, Juveniles