Social Security Advocacy Management Services - SSAMS™ Offerings for Foster Care Agencies

PCG Human Services™ can help your agency maximize your foster children's access to federal disability benefits by assisting with your advocacy efforts when applying for Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI/SSDI) from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

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 20+ years, we have filed and represented over 30,000 applications, generating over $250 million in additional revenue for our clients.

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

Our expert staff are well informed of the ever-changing rules and regulations governing the SSA disability program. We continually work to ensure that client agencies stay apprised of these changes through tools such as our referral and informational website found at www.ssireferrals.com where we post the latest news and research pertaining to SSA's programs and services.

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)
• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Applications (Title II)
• Completion of Redeterminations (RZ) and continuing disability reviews (CDR)
• Conversion Process-age 18 children leaving custody
• Proactive identification of eligible children using predictive data analytics.
• 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
• SSA advocacy program assessments and recommendations

PCG Human Services™ is the largest vendor for foster children's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) advocacy in the country. Our SSAMS™ unit works with state and county based social service agencies to obtain the highest possible rate of success in the shortest time frames. We have a proven history of accurate record keeping and expert administrative ability to handle projects of all sizes. We understand the rules and regulations governing the complex interplay between SSA disability benefits and other federal, state and local funding services, including TANF, IV-E, IV-B, IV-D, CCDF, SNAP Medicaid and Medicare. Over the past 20+ years, we've successfully worked with numerous foster care providers, guardians, social workers, and eligibility workers, as well as SSA and State Disability Determination Services (DDS) to obtain SSI/SSDI benefits for thousands of children in the foster care system, extending to all regions of the country.

• Counties of Alameda, San Bernardino, and San Francisco, plus seven other California counties
  
• New York City Administration for Children's Services and Westchester County Department of Social Services
• Clark County, Nevada
• State of Illinois
• Commonwealth of Kentucky

Currently, PCG has an initial application allowance rate of 76% and a 90% application allowance rate at the appeals level. PCG's success rate well exceeds SSA's national average of a 25.4% initial allowance rate and a 68.6% allowance rate at the appeals level.*

 

 

You may contact one of our disability specialists by visiting our disability advocacy website at: www.ssireferrals.com or calling 1-800-786-9024.

 

*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