The National Indian Council on Aging has partnered with the Social Security Administration to present this webinar about social security benefits. We take a brief look at all types of benefits available through the Social Security Administration, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), disability, and survivor benefits.
The webinar covers Medicare, other available health savings programs, and discussed some commonly missed benefits to consider for eligibility, as well as the appeal process. We want you to understand what Social Security can mean to you and your family’s financial future.
Our webinar, “What You Should Know About Social Security Benefits,” also covers the new application for protective filing. The Social Security Administration has a new tool to establish when you are eligible for benefits. The SSI program provides monthly payments to adults 65 and older who meet the financial qualifications. Adults and children with a disability or blindness who have income and resources below specific financial limits are also eligible.
You can now request an appointment to file for benefits for yourself or someone you are helping. Representatives can answer questions, explain necessary documents and guide you through the application process.
Introduction by Renee Ferguson, American Indian Alaska Native Executive Lead, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Office of Quality Review.
Presenters include Rhonda Romero, Public Affairs Specialist, New Mexico; Keith Thompson, Regional Public Affairs Specialist, San Francisco Region; Sandra Chavez, Assistant District Manager, Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Peggy Murphy, District Manager, Great Falls, Montana; and Cynthia Velarde, Assistant District Manager, Farmington, New Mexico.
Money Management During COVID-19
In this episode, previous NICOA Executive Director Larry Curley (Navajo Nation) shares his top three values and how they affect the way he manages his financial resources. Take some time while you’re stuck at home during this pandemic and think about your community’s values and how they influence your goals.
The Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition, Inc. (ONAC) is a national Native-led nonprofit that works with tribal communities to build Native assets through integrated approaches. They work with tribes and partners interested in establishing asset-building initiatives and programs in Native communities, for the purpose of creating greater opportunities for economic self-sufficiency of tribal citizens.
ONAC’s target constituents are tribal leaders, tribal government programs, Native nonprofits, asset-building practitioners, and local, county, state and federal programs that serve tribes.
Learn more about the ONAC through our webinar. ONAC Executive Director Christy Finsel (Osage Nation) provides an overview of the coalition’s six programs, and Native Bank On ONAC Program Manager Karen Edwards (Choctaw) speaks about accessing safe and affordable bank accounts. ONAC shares information about several asset building resources that are available to help build assets.
American Indian Development Expert Sherry Salway Black, of the Oglala Lakota Nation in South Dakota, speaks on the subject of “Native Wealth: So Much More than Money”.
Financial caregiving is challenging, but luckily there is trusted help available.
Let Senior Policy Analyst Lisa Schifferle, from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, acquaint you with the terminology and tools needed to manage someone else’s money in a responsible way. Financial exploitations will be covered, including COVID-19 healthcare scams.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many of us to drastically alter our lives during the previous year. This new year provides a good opportunity to rethink our personal finances.
Listen to Martin Booker, a program manager at AARP, who leads various financial education initiatives about investing, social security, and budgeting for the organizations’ 32 million membership-base. Martin will be talking with NICOA Executive Director Larry Curley and Data Analyst Desiree Lapahie.
Start 2021 with a fresh approach to meeting your goals. Now is the perfect time to reset your cash flow, housing, retirement, and financial priorities.
Find out how Social Security works, how it affects your retirement benefits, eligibility requirements, Medicare, Medigap plans, tax updates, filing status and requirements, and more. Listen to Cheryl Archibald, previous executive assistant to the executive director of the National Indian Council on Aging, discuss financial security for elders.
Elder Equity
The National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) is grant funded to serve as a partner in the National Consortium on Aging Resources for Seniors’ Equity. The goals of the Elder Equity program are to financially empower American Indian and Alaska Native elders by raising awareness of elder abuse, financial exploitation, scams and fraud, as well as bringing Native elder concerns to the aging network and other interested stakeholders.
It seems that criminal scammers are everywhere – on your phone, online, in your email and text messages, and even at your door. The pandemic has emboldened them to go after stimulus checks, sell nonexistent but in-demand products, spread fake offers for treatments, and file for unemployment using stolen identities. But we’ve seen a remarkable spike in all scams – not just those related to COVID-19.
Listen in for a discussion on the evolving fraud landscape with Kathy Stokes and Amy Nofziger, co-leads of the AARP Fraud Watch Network. Learn about the latest, know what to watch out for, and hear harrowing stories of real fraud victims during this webinar.
Kathy Stokes is the director of Fraud Prevention Programs at AARP. She has worked in and around the financial security arena for most of her career and leads AARP’s efforts in helping members and other consumers spot and avoid scams. In addition, Kathy serves as a subject matter expert on Social Security for AARP’s consumer outreach activities.
Amy Nofziger is the director of Fraud Victim Support with AARP, a role she has held for nearly two decades. She leads a team of fraud specialists and dozens of volunteers who help victims of fraud through the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline. Her experience includes a term on Colorado’s Elder Abuse Task Force, during which the state passed a mandatory elder abuse reporting law. Due to her experience and expertise, she receives frequent public speaking invitations and has presented across the country and on television to consumers and professionals on consumer fraud. Amy is a Certified Fraud Examiner.
The AARP Fraud Watch Network is a free resource for all. With AARP as your partner, you’ll learn how to proactively spot scams, get guidance from our fraud specialists if you’ve been targeted, and feel more secure knowing that we advocate at the federal, state, and local levels to protect consumers and enforce the law.
The National Indian Council on Aging trains Native communities about “Your Money, Your Goals,” a financial empowerment toolkit. We want to provide elders with good information, skills, and tools so they can make smart financial decisions. Your Money Your Goals was developed and tested in Native communities to ensure that it would be relevant to Native people.
Cassandra Manuelito Kerkvliet, the first Native woman to lead a mainstream university, shares the financial knowledge she learned from her family and how she taught herself about saving money, budgeting, planning ahead, and money management.
American Indian Development Expert Sherry Salway Black, of the Oglala Lakota Nation in South Dakota, speaks on the subject of “Native Wealth: So Much More than Money”.
