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Changes in Previous Version 7 Releases

Below is a list of previous Version 7 program revisions with added or updated topics in the WorkWORLD Help/Information System. These changes were necessitated by the ongoing maintenance and enhancements implemented in each version of the WorkWORLD software. The changes are listed by release version of the software, with newer releases first and older releases following in reverse chronological order.

NOTE: See the Changes in this Version topic to see what's new in this release.

Version 7.2.0

Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

Updated the Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion (Couple) topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

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.

Updated the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program (JWOD) topic with new information.

Added the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines - 2007 topic.

Updated the Medicaid Per Capita Average Expenditures topic with new rates.

Updated the Medicaid Per Capita Average Expenditures - Previous Years topic with new rates.

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 New Freedom Initiative topic with corrected URLs.

Updated the SGA - SSI topic with clarified description of relationship of blindness, SGA, and SSI applicants.

Updated the Social Security Administration Forms topic with new external form files.

Updated the Social Security Administration Redbook topic with new external 2007 English file.

Updated the SSI Glossary topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

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 topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

Updated the Student Earned Income Exclusion Amount topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

Updated the Substantial Gainful Activity topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

Updated the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) - Food Stamps topic with new information and URLs.

Updated the Trial Work Period topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty) topic with new FY2008 rates.

Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Montgomery GI Bill (Selected Reserve) topic 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.

Updated the Virginia DMAS Medicaid Handbook topic with new information.

Revised the Virginia Medicaid Buy-In topic with new information about the MEDICAID WORKS program.

Updated the Virginia Medicaid Covered Groups topic to include 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.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Agreement topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Blindness and Disability topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Cost Sharing and Premium Payment topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Employment Considerations topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Entitlement and Enrollment topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Financial Eligibility topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Good Cause Exceptions topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Non-Financial Eligibility topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Overview topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Safety Net topic.

Added the Virginia MEDICAID WORKS - Work Incentive (WIN) Account topic.

Updated the Virginia Student Earned Income Exclusion - ABD Income Exclusion - Medicaid topic with new rates for calendar year 2008.

Updated several Virginia TANF internal data tables with new rates effective 10/1/2007 for FPL and Standard Deduction calculations.

Updated the Virginia TANF - Federal Poverty Level topic with new FPL rates.

Updated the Virginia TANF - Gross Countable Income topic with new Standard Deduction rates.

Added the Virginia Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program topic.

Updated the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Version 7.1.0

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.

Added the Changes in Previous Version 7 Releases topic.

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 many external links in the Food Stamp State Application Forms Online topic with revised information.

Updated the Food Stamp State Information/Hotline Numbers topic with revised information.

Updated several internal Food Stamps Utility Standards tables with revised information.

Updated the Individual Development Account (IDA) - Overview, Individual Development Account (IDA) - Definitions, Individual Development Account (IDA) - Details, and Individual Development Account (IDA) - State Differences topics with revised URLs.

Updated the LIHEAP - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program topic with revised URLs.

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 NISH topic with current contact information.

Updated the Overview - Getting Started topic with information about multimedia tutorials and presentations available on the WorkWORLD website.

Updated the Plan for Achieving Self-Support topic with current URLs.

Updated the Poverty Guidelines - Federal topic external tables with 2007 rates.

Updated the Randolph-Sheppard Program topic with current information.

Updated internal Section 8 Income Limits table with data effective March 20, 2007.

Updated the SSA Red Book topic with current information.

Updated the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies topic with current information.

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 US Program and Agency Resource Links topic with current information.

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 - Contact Information topic with new information and internal data file.

Updated the WIC - Income Requirement topic with new income eligibility rates.

Added the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program topic.

Updated the Alabama Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the California SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Colorado Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new 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 Georgia Individual Development Accounts - IDA topic with revised URLs.

Revised the Georgia Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new information.

Updated the Hawaii SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Hawaii Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Illinois Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Indiana Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services Overview topic with new URLs.

Revised the Iowa Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates and information.

Updated the Kansas Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Revised the Maine Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates and information.

Revised the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new information.

Revised the Montana Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates and information.

Updated the Nevada Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Revised the New Hampshire Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates and information.

Updated the New York Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new information.

Updated the North Dakota Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated Oklahoma Child Care Assistance topics with new Child Care Eligibility/Rates Schedule internal data file version revised 07/01/2007.

Updated Oklahoma Health Care Programs Overview, Oklahoma Long Term Care Application Procedures, Oklahoma Medicaid Program Medical Assistance Application, Oklahoma SoonerCare Eligibility Overview, and Oklahoma SoonerCare Overview topics with revised URLs.

Revised the Oklahoma Vocational Rehabilitation Overview topic with new rates and updated information.

Updated the Oregon Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Pennsylvania SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the South Dakota Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Utah Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Revised the Vermont Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates and information.

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.

Updated the Virginia Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Washington Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Updated the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Summary topic with new rates.

Version 7.0.0

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 effective December 1, 2006.

Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Amount topic with new rates effective December 1, 2006.

Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Compensation Amount topic with new rates effective December 1, 2006.

Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Disability Pension topic with new rates effective December 1, 2006.

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 effective December 1, 2006.

Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Spina Bifida Allowance topic with new rates effective December 1, 2006.

Updated the Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits - Women Vietnam Veterans' Children With Birth Defects topic with new rates effective December 1, 2006.

Updated the Alaska Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Arizona Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

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 District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Florida Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

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 Idaho Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates and revised URLs.

Updated the Illinois Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Iowa SSI Federal Benefit Rate topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Maryland Workers' Compensation Summary 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 Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Summary topic with updated rates.

Updated the Michigan Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Summary 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 Jersey Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the New Mexico Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the New York SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates and additional information.

Updated the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Ohio Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated external data file Oklahoma Appendix C-1, Schedule of Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards, to version revised 01/01/2007.

Updated the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

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 South Carolina Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Texas Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Vermont SSI State Supplement topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Virginia Aged, Blind, and Disabled Income Exclusions - Medicaid topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.

Updated the Virginia Auxiliary Grant Personal Allowance topic and internal tables with 2007 rates.

Added the Virginia Department of Education (DOE) topic.

Updated the Virginia Department of Health Programs Overview topic with current URLs.

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 ICF/MR - VA Dept of Health topic with current URLs.

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 Nursing Homes - VDH topic with current URLs.

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.

Updated the Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Summary topic with 2007 rates.

Updated the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Summary topic with Quarter 1 2007 rates.

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