Social Security Advocacy Management Services - SSAMS™
for the TANF and General Assistance Population

PCG Human Services™ can significantly improve your SSI/SSDI disability allowance rates from the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the shortest possible time, and with the least disruption to your organization, while providing much needed services to your most vunerable population of the low income disabled.

There are a number of advantages for state and county governments and individual recipients to implementing disability screening and application services for TANF and General Assistance caseloads. Among these:

Increased SSI/SSDI enrollment benefits your state and county:

• States and counties gain from the TANF savings and federal payment of the SSI/SSDI benefit.
  
• States and counties retain that savings under TANF.
  
• Increased access to Medicare for some individuals found eligible for SSDI.
  
• Decreased use of state general funds.
  
• Increased recovery of cash aid payments through Interim Assistance Reimbursement (IAR).
  
• Increased Medicaid eligibility for low income disabled individuals, thereby decreasing uncompensated medical costs.
  
• Improve state/county financial position by moving clients onto federal disability benefits.

SSI/SSDI enrollment can impact Work Participation Rates (WPR):

Enrolling TANF recipients onto SSI allows agencies to remove these clients from their caseload and thus positively affect their Work Participation Rate (WPR) calculations. Failure to meet WPR goals can result in financial penalties, but states may avoid these WPR penalties if adults with disabilities can satisfy SSI eligibility requirements.

SSI/SSDI enrollment benefits recipients:

• Increased monthly cash income in most instances where the monthly SSI payment is greater than the TANF payment.
  
• Increased stability in housing situations due to SSI/SSDI cash benefits.
  
• Greater self-sufficiency for the individual.
  
• Decrease risk of homelessness.

Founded by a former SSA district manager, PCG's SSAMS™ unit has an 'insider's view' of the Social Security Disability process. We approach each project as a partner with SSA and state Disability Determination Services (DDS). We develop close and effective working relationships with these agencies in all of our contracts.

Our comprehensive, hands-on, and full representation package of services considers the unique needs of both our individual clientele and the state or county agency. Our services include:

• SSI and SSDI benefits application and case management for adults and children.
  
• Identification of potentially eligible individuals using predictive data modeling and analytics.
  
• Redeterminations and continuing disability reviews.
  
• Conversion process for 18+ aged youth ageing out of foster care.
  
• Case management/advocacy for TANF workforce participation program participants identified as SSI/SSDI appropriate candidates.
  
• Support through all levels of the appeals process, including face-to-face hearings.
  
• Financial management of awarded benefits.
  
• Liaison with SSA and DDS.
  
• Statewide training services.
  
• SSI/SSDI consultative services, program assessments, and best practice recommendations to maximize SSI/SSDI.

We actively pursue the maximum number of claims available, focusing intensively on achieving allowance at the initial level of adjudication. We provide full-service representation of our clients throughout the process, including actively seeking out the necessary medical, vocational, and functional documentation to build the strongest possible case for all of our claims. Our specialized representatives attend all face-to-face hearings with our claimants.

• Milwaukee County Wisconsin
• New York State
  • Monroe;
  • Chautauqua and;
  • Westchester Counties
• State of North Dakota
• State of Kentucky – Kinship/TANF
• United Auto Workers Trust

Through our proven approach we have been able to achieve an overall medical allowance rate of 69%, where as SSA's nationwide average is 33%.

 

 

*Information obtained off of SSA's website under SSI Annual Statistical Report 2009 at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/stat
comps/ssi_asr/2009/sect10.pdf