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Published Online: 1 August 2017

SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR): Disability Application Outcomes Among Homeless Adults

Abstract

Objective:

The SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) program has been shown to increase access to Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance benefits among homeless adults. However, little empirical data exist on how or for whom SOAR achieves successful application outcomes. This study investigated applicant and application characteristics associated with disability application outcomes among homeless adults.

Methods:

Secondary data on 6,361 SOAR-assisted applications were obtained. Multilevel models investigated between-applicant differences in application processing time and decision as a function of applicant and application characteristics.

Results:

Older age and living in an institution were associated with greater odds of application approval. Female gender and receipt of public assistance were associated with longer processing time and lower odds of approval. Except for quality review, SOAR critical components were associated with greater odds of approval.

Conclusions:

Women and adults receiving public assistance appear disadvantaged in the SOAR application process. SOAR critical components promote successful disability application outcomes.

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Cover: Still Life of Fruit, anonymous, circa 1865. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Psychiatric Services
Pages: 1189 - 1192
PubMed: 28760095

History

Received: 10 December 2016
Revision received: 24 April 2017
Accepted: 18 May 2017
Published online: 1 August 2017
Published in print: November 01, 2017

Keywords

  1. Disability benefits
  2. Homelessness
  3. Supplemental Security Income
  4. Social Security Disability Insurance
  5. Program outcomes

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Evan M. Lowder, Ph.D. [email protected]
The authors are with the Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Sarah L. Desmarais, Ph.D.
The authors are with the Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Shevaun D. Neupert, Ph.D.
The authors are with the Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Melissa A. Truelove, B.A.
The authors are with the Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Lowder (e-mail: [email protected]).

Competing Interests

The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

Funding Information

Policy Research, Inc.: SSA's Improving Disability Determination Process

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