CLE Planning Committee:
Jacob A. Haller – Also presenting
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
Milwaukee
Christine J. Huberty – Also presenting
Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources
Madison
Matthew Kline
Racine County District Attorney’s Office
Racine
Amanda R.R. Mayer
Judicare Legal Aid
Wausau
Presenters:
Lars Brown
Division of Medicaid Services,
Wisconsin Department of health Services
Hortonville
Corinne H. Coburn
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
Milwaukee
Boon Coleman
Opening Avenues to Reentry Success (OARS)
Madison
Travis Gaetz
Gaetz Law Office
Eau Claire
Ellen M. Pimentel
Judicare Legal Aid
Wausau
Shannon Ross
Executive Director, The Community
Milwaukee
8:30 a.m. : Start Your Engines: Public Health Emergency Unwinding
- Overview of public benefits affected by the Public Health Emergency since 2020, including SSI, Medicaid, and FoodShare.
- A summary of changes since 2020 and roadmap for what’s to come in 2023-2024.
Christine J. Huberty, Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources
9:45 a.m. : Public Benefits and Incarceration: Before, During, and After Detainment
- Before: Understanding the various types of confinement, and how those confinements impact the application of, or the continued receiving of benefits
- During: What does incarceration look like? What happens to benefits and eligibility while a person is confined? How do you prepare a client who is about to be released?
- After: What does it mean to be released? What reentry support is needed to support the continued success and well-being of the client?
Jacob A. Haller, Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
10:35 a.m. : Break
10:50 a.m. : Panel Discussion: The System in Practice
- A practical discussion of the issues and challenges in navigating the system from attorney, inmate, agency, community support and other stakeholder perspectives
Lars Brown – Deputy Bureau Director of WI Department of Health Services
Corinne H. Coburn – Reentry Legal Services Attorney with Legal Action of Wisconsin
Boon Coleman – Opening Avenues to Reentry Success (OARS) Contract Specialist
Travis Gaetz – Public Defender and OARS specialist
Shannon Ross – Executive Director of The Community
11:40 a.m. : Wisconsin Tribal Members and Access to Public Benefits: Rules You Can Use
- Tribal members - eligible for public benefits
- Rules and regulations that cause confusion for tribal members and legal practitioners.
- Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014
- Per-cap payments and benefits eligibility
- Other tribal member-specific benefits information.
Ellen Pimentel, Judicare Legal Aid
12:30 p.m. : Program Concludes
Following program start times, webcast replay schedule will vary slightly from above listed times.
- Anticipate how the end of the public health emergency will impact eligibility for benefits
- Cut through confusion surrounding benefits eligibility for tribal members
- Understand how incarceration impacts public benefits
- Learn best practices for support and benefits post-incarceration
- Hear firsthand accounts from stakeholders on the challenges of the public benefits system
- Public interest lawyers
- Criminal defense lawyers
- Elder law and special needs attorneys
- Indian law attorneys
Public Interest Law Section members save on tuition for the live webcast!*
PILS Section members can attend the live webcast of this program on March 24, 2023 for just $65.
*The $65 Public Interest Law section member tuition only applies to the live webcast of this seminar on March 24, 2023. It does not apply to webcast replays or CLE OnDemand. Public Interest Law Section members using Ultimate Passes, other CLE passes, or other discounts are not eligible for this offer. The Section may discontinue this discounted tuition at any time.