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A curated library of guides, tools, and templates practitioners can use to navigate disability benefits, health coverage, and income supports.
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Using these five SOAR Critical Components, case workers play a central role in gathering complete, targeted, and relevant information for SSA and DDS, resulting in high-quality SSI/SSDI applications.
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Article Avoiding and Managing SSI/SSDI Overpayments
SSI/SSDI overpayments may cause undue hardship for beneficiaries who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness. This article provides tips for avoiding overpayments and steps to follow in the overpayment appeal/waiver process.
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- Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals, SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR), Benefits Optimization / Coordination
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- English
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Article Income Support Plans
An income support plan documents an individual’s income needs and goals and sets action steps for pursuing a variety of income sources
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- Income & Employment: Income Stability Planning; Benefits Access & Coordination: Benefits Optimization / Coordination
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- English
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Article SSA and VA Disability Benefits: Tips for Veterans
Connecting Veterans with Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits is a critical step to increasing income stability for Veterans and their families, as well as providing health insurance for those who may not qualify for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care.
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- Veterans & Military: Veterans
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- Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals, SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR), Benefits Optimization / Coordination
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- English
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Article SSI/SSDI Post-Entitlement Events Guide
This guide presents common post-entitlement events that occur for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and provides guidance for SOAR-trained case workers to assist SSI/SSDI beneficiaries with navigating these events to maintain eligibility. However, it is not exhaustive. SSI and SSDI post-entitlement events and rules are numerous...
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- Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals, SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR), Benefits Optimization / Coordination
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- English
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Article Income Is Treatment
Why Financial Stability Belongs in Behavioral Health Care
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- Income & Employment: Income Stability Planning; Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals, Benefits Optimization / Coordination, Mainstream benefits (e.g., SNAP, TANF, etc.)
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- English