Accessing Benefits / Acceso a los Beneficios

Links, resources, and information to make sure you get all benefits you’re entitled to

Everyone deserves to feel financially secure. But sometimes money is tight. Or you may be concerned that you’re not getting paid all of your wages. Check out the resources below for information about accessing benefits and asserting your rights as a worker.

1. To start the benefits screening process with the CASH Campaign of Maryland, visit: https://cashmd.org/benefits-screening/. The CASH Campaign can work with you to make sure you get all the benefits you’re entitled to – from housing to food to Medicaid, and more.
2. For a one-page summary on the CASH Campaign’s benefits screening, click here.
3. For help with SNAP (food stamps) benefits, visit https://www.mdhungersolutions.org/get-help/ and call Maryland Hunger Solutions at 1-866-821-5552 for an appointment.
4. For information about the CASH Campaign’s free tax preparation help, visit https://cashmd.org/free-tax-preparationresources/.
5. Workers’ Rights and Benefits: A training on workers’ wage rights (and how to assert them) and benefits (and how to get them)
6. For a one-page summary of common violations of employee rights in Maryland, click here.

Enlaces, recursos e información para asegurarse de que obtiene todos los beneficios a los que tiene derecho

Todos merecen sentirse financieramente seguros. Pero a veces el dinero es apretado. O puede que le preocupe que no le paguen todos sus salarios. Consulte los recursos a continuación para obtener información sobre el acceso a los beneficios y la afirmación de sus derechos como trabajador.

1. Para comenzar el proceso de selección de beneficios con la Campaña CASH de Maryland, visite: https://cashmd.org/benefits-screening/. La Campaña CASH puede trabajar con usted para asegurarse de que obtenga todos los beneficios a los que tiene derecho, desde vivienda hasta alimentos, Medicaid y más.
2. Para obtener un resumen de una página sobre la evaluación de beneficios de la Campaña CASH, haga clic aquí.
3. Para obtener ayuda con los beneficios de SNAP (cupones de alimentos), visite https://www.mdhungersolutions.org/get-help/ y llame a Maryland Hunger Solutions al 1-866-821-5552 para una cita.
4. Para obtener información sobre la ayuda gratuita de preparación de impuestos de la campaña CASH, visite https://cashmd.org/free-tax-preparationresources/.
5. Derechos y beneficios de los trabajadores: Una capacitación sobre los derechos salariales de los trabajadores (y cómo hacerlos valer) y los beneficios (y cómo obtenerlos)
6. Para obtener un resumen de una página de violaciones comunes de los derechos de los empleados en Maryland, haga clic aquí.

The COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus) pandemic has shaken the lives of Marylanders in many ways. You may be concerned about your health, income, or home. We’ve compiled answers to some frequently asked questions in the links below. While the PJC’s office is closed, we are still working. If you are seeking legal assistance or advice, please contact us by phone at (410) 625-9409.

Workers’ rights and COVID-19 / Derechos del trabajador y COVID-19

Have questions about sick leave, unemployment insurance, or other issues relating to workers’ rights during this crisis? Check out these resources.

Housing and COVID-19 / Alojamiento y COVID-19

Get answers to questions about tenants’ rights, utilities, evictions, and other housing issues.

Health rights and COVID-19

Information about accessing healthcare

 

For more information about COVID-19, please visit:

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

World Health Organization (WHO)

The Office of Governor Larry Hogan

Maryland Department of Health

Baltimore City Health Department

County Health Departments throughout Maryland

Maryland Access to Justice Commission

Information on free legal help, changes in court procedures, housing, utilities and other essential services, unemployment, immigration, and domestic violence.

Families First: COVID-19 Constituent Resources Toolkit

Toolkit from the office of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi about benefits and protections available to help individuals and communities deal with the pandemic.

Information about eligibility for SNAP benefits, from Maryland Hunger Solutions

 

David Rodwin is an attorney and team leader of the Workplace Justice Project. Among other work, David represents home care workers in employment-related claims against the agencies that employ them and works to establish a culture of compliance in a violation-ridden industry. He also does know-your-rights outreach to worker groups and serves as Vice Chair of the Board for the Maryland Regional Direct Services Collaborative.

Before joining the PJC in 2015, David clerked for Chief Judge Catherine C. Blake of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, spent a year in Guatemala studying Spanish and working with landless farmers, and clerked for Judge Andre M. Davis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. David was a member of the inaugural class at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and graduated summa cum laude in 2012. During law school, he interned at the ACLU of Southern California, participated in the Immigrant Rights and International Human Rights Clinics, co-founded the Orange County Human Rights Association, co-wrote a law review note on the movement for human rights in the United States, and served as a research assistant to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

Before law school, David worked for an anti-caste discrimination human rights organization in India, taught English in Japan, and biked across Cambodia. He is a 2005 graduate of Johns Hopkins University. He is also a proud Big Brother to a great eighteen-year-old.

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Monisha Cherayil came to the Public Justice Center in 2009 as a Francis D. Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, and currently practices as a staff attorney in the PJC’s Education Stability and Workplace Justice Projects. Her accomplishments include helping to launch the Maryland Suspension Representation Project – a statewide effort to provide free legal representation to students facing disciplinary removals from school; securing settlements to recover unpaid wages and damages on behalf of classes of restaurant workers, construction workers, roadside flaggers, and other low-wage employees; and successfully advocating for legislation to allow unaccompanied homeless youth to pursue college tuition-free. Her practice reflects a commitment to the PJC model of enforcing and expanding the rights of oppressed individuals while pursuing systemic change.

Prior to joining the PJC, Monisha clerked for the Honorable Judge Phyllis Thompson on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. She also worked for Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Boston, and the Harrison Institute for Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center. Monisha graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with honors in 2008 and from Brandeis University with honors and a joint degree in economics and political science in 2005.

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