BPAO National General Report Through 2/28/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   195
Total Specialists   
   606
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 219014
   This is an unduplicated count of the total number of beneficiaries served, through an initial intake, an update, or both.
Total Intakes Within the Time Period: 219014
   This is a count of all individuals with a date of intake that falls during the specified time period.
Total Updates Within the Time Period: 57935
   This is a count of all individuals whose records were updated during the specified time period. An individual is only counted once, no matter how many times his or her record was updated during the period. This total also includes updates done on individuals whose initial intake occurred during the same time period.
   Please Note: If an individual has both an intake and an update within the designated time period, they will be included in both the count of "Total Beneficiaries/Recipients" and "Total Intakes During the Time Period". Given this, the total number of intakes and total number of updates combined may exceed the total number of individuals served.
Recipient Update Times   
   Sum: 399636    Average: 1.8
   Maximum: 561    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 15232 7
22 to 39 66851 30.5
40 to 59 118233 54
Over 60 18698 8.5

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 109930 50.2
Male 109011 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 7214 3.3
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5007 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 8215 3.8
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 19082 8.7
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 73529 33.6
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 19452 8.9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 33674 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 6968 3.2
Unknown 14699 6.7
Other 31054 14.2

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 2652 1.2
English as a Second Language 3600 1.6
Other 8673 4

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 60942 27.8
SSDI 109742 50.1
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 32930 15
Medicare 112356 51.3
Medicaid 111041 50.7
Private Health Insurance 11768 5.4
Subsidized Housing 19987 9.1
Food Stamps 34182 15.6
TANF 2123 1
Workers Compensation 1158 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 658 0.3
Veterans Benefit 2595 1.2
Other 27526 12.6

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 8576 3.9
Employed Part-Time 41000 18.7
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 132007 60.3
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 26969 12.3

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 131399 60
Communication from SSA 18954 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 56254 25.7
Not working, but considering going to work 98837 45.1
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 16848 7.7
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2007 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 14120 6.4
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3209 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 16251 7.4
Other 36137 16.5

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 197324 90.1
Problem Solving and Advocacy 68877 31.4
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 94217 43
Benefits Support Planning 30058 13.7
Benefits Management 11035 5

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 116062 53
EPE 108017 49.3
PASS 40009 18.3
IRWE 94986 43.4
1619 (a) 37461 17.1
1619 (b) 69666 31.8
Medicaid Buy-In 42656 19.5
Blind Work Expense 3171 1.4
Student Earned Income Exclusion 5491 2.5
Subsidy Development 27312 12.5
Extended Medicare 62169 28.4

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 9127 4.2
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 54021 24.7
Ticket to Work Program 87052 39.7
Continuing Disability Review Protections 40697 18.6
Section 301 13254 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 19712 9
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 3670 1.7

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 27094 12.4
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 113590 51.9
Intends to increase work hours in current job 8224 3.8
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1058 0.5
Intends to cease employment 664 0.3
Made no decision 67072 30.6
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 43105 19.7
Intends to pursue education or training 39625 18.1

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 74678 34.1
One hour or more per Recipient 144268 65.9
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour
Sum of hours 488590  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1