SSI/SSDI Advocacy Services for Foster Care

FM Blake, a division of PCG, is the largest vendor for foster children’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) advocacy in the country. We work with state and county-based social service agencies to obtain the highest possible disability allowance rates from the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the shortest possible time, with least disruption to the organization.

 

Benefits of Entitlement to SSI/SSDI

Obtaining SSI/SSDI benefits serves the best interests of the child by:

• Stabilizing the child’s circumstances, which encourages long term placement;
• Providing financial security to transitional-age youth.

Enrollment onto SSI/SSDI benefits enhances revenue:

• Over the last 18 years, FM Blake has helped state and county agencies realize $90 million in savings by enrolling eligible foster youth onto SSI/SSDI.

Our SSI/SSDI benefit enrollment services help state and county agencies comply with federal and state regulations:

• Our staff are experts on the ever-changing rules and regulations governing the SSA disability program. We continually work to insure that client agencies stay apprised of these changes.

Our Approach

Unlike most legal advocates, we interact with SSA in a non-adversarial manner. This approach has led us to develop an ‘insider’s view’ of the Social Security process which, coupled with our comprehensive knowledge of the Social Security rules and regulations, allows us to establish unique operating procedures that win more cases in the shortest possible time frames.

Our services are designed to meet your needs for the effective pursuit, maintenance, and evaluation of potential eligibility for Social Security disability and survivor’s insurance benefits. These services may include:

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications (Title XVI)
• Retirement, Survivor or Disability Insurance (RSDI) applications (Title II)
• Completion of Redeterminations (RZ) and continuing disability reviews (CDR)
• Conversion Process-age 18 children leaving custody
• Representative Payee accounting reports and benefits monitoring
• Liaison with the SSA on behalf of your agency
• Financial management assistance of awarded benefits
• Training of in-house staff
• Consultation Services

Our Expertise

FM Blake has a proven history of accurate record keeping and expert administrative ability to handle projects of all sizes.  We’ve successfully worked with numerous foster care providers, guardians, social workers, and eligibility workers, as well as SSA and State Disability Determination Services to obtain SSI/SSDI benefits for thousands of children in the foster care system, extending to all regions of the country.

 

Among our clients:

• State of California
• State of Delaware
• State of Idaho
• Commonwealth of Kentucky
• State of Montana
• State of New York
• State of North Carolina
• State of North Dakota
• State of Texas
• State of Wyoming

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