NEW SAMHSA WEBSITE ON ACCESSING SSI/SSDI FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS

Announcing the launch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)'s new SOAR (SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access
and Recovery) webpage located at www.pathprogram.samhsa.gov/SOAR.  The
website contains several new resources for case managers and others
assisting homeless people to apply for Social Security disability
benefits (Supplemental Security Income - SSI; and Social Security
Disability Insurance - SSDI).

Resources Include:
Stepping Stones to Recovery, a manual for case managers assisting
adults who are homeless, with SSI and SSDI applications.  It features
promising practices and tools to document disabilities as part of the
SSI/SSDI application process. Available for download.

Learn about the SOAR Technical Assistance and Training Initiative that
is being implemented in 13 States and the County of Los Angeles. This
initiative was offered to States participating in the Federal
Interagency Policy Academies on Homelessness and supported by SAMHSA,
HRSA, HUD, DOL, and the VA and is designed to increase access to SSA
disability benefits for people who are experiencing homelessness.

Join the new list serve to announce new tools and information related
to expediting SSI and SSDI for people who are homeless.  To join, send
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For more information, go to http://www.pathprogram.samhsa.gov/SOAR.
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