BBT Training Materials
Basic Benefits Training Schedule and Registration: 2025-2026
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE) present a series of trainings every year for legal, social, health services, and community advocates who assist low- and moderate-income individuals and families. Each session includes substantive materials and is led by expert advocates from legal services programs throughout the state, including Community Legal Aid, Disability Law Center, Greater Boston Legal Services, Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, MLRI, MetroWest Legal Services, Northeast Legal Aid, Veterans Legal Services, Volunteer Lawyers Project and South Coastal Counties Legal Services. Visit our training schedule and registration page to learn more.
Basic Benefits Training Materials
Below are links to a web page for each session. These pages includes links to the materials that were distributed at the session, related resources and power points for each session. In addition to serving as an overview of a topic, the power points can also serve as a framework for trainings that you conduct in your own communities.
- Evictions (Sep 2025)
- Assisting Families Experiencing Homelessness (Sep 2025)
- CORI Basics: Criminal Record Sealing, Expungement & Related Issues (Oct 2025)
- SSI & SSDI Basics (Nov 2024)
- Overview of the TAFDC Program, Massachusetts Cash Assistance Program for Families (Dec 2024)
- Winter/Spring 2026 BBTs to be announced later!
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