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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 What Medical Providers Need to Know About SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)
A quick primer for medical providers on how SOAR works, what a Medical Summary Report is, and the role acceptable medical sources play in supporting SSI/SSDI applications.
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- People with Disabilities; Provider / Workforce Audience: Clinicians
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- Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals, SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)
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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 Best Practices for Collaborating with SSA and DDS
SOAR seeks to increase access to Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. To achieve this goal, collaborations with SSA and the Disability Determination Services (DDS) are absolutely essential. SOAR can provide invaluable assistance to both SSA and DDS and, similarly, SSA and DDS can help to streamline the process for SOAR...
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- Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals
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- English
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Article About the Model: SOAR
SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) is a model designed to increase access to disability income benefits for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
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- People with Disabilities: Physical Disabilities, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Brain Injuries
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- Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals
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- English
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Article Medical Information and SSA Disability Criteria
Understanding SSA's disability criteria helps the SOAR case manager assess the documentation necessary to support the claim of disability.
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- Benefits Access & Coordination: SSI/SSDI Applications and Appeals
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- English