BPAO National General Report Through 3/31/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   195
Total Specialists   
   614
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 224072
   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: 224072
   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: 59930
   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: 412881    Average: 1.8
   Maximum: 561    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 15487 6.9
22 to 39 68396 30.5
40 to 59 120899 54
Over 60 19290 8.6

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 112455 50.2
Male 111544 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 7360 3.3
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5130 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 8403 3.8
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 19452 8.7
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 75385 33.6
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 19905 8.9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 34487 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 7109 3.2
Unknown 15010 6.7
Other 31707 14.2

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 2718 1.2
English as a Second Language 3676 1.6
Other 8875 4

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 62241 27.8
SSDI 112459 50.2
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 33661 15
Medicare 115166 51.4
Medicaid 113752 50.8
Private Health Insurance 12024 5.4
Subsidized Housing 20415 9.1
Food Stamps 35033 15.6
TANF 2164 1
Workers Compensation 1175 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 664 0.3
Veterans Benefit 2657 1.2
Other 28245 12.6

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 8796 3.9
Employed Part-Time 42091 18.8
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 135119 60.3
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 27497 12.3

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 134426 60
Communication from SSA 19470 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 57316 25.6
Not working, but considering going to work 101273 45.2
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 17276 7.7
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2051 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 14473 6.5
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3283 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 16640 7.4
Other 37116 16.6

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 201876 90.1
Problem Solving and Advocacy 70666 31.5
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 96580 43.1
Benefits Support Planning 30842 13.8
Benefits Management 11306 5

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 118933 53.1
EPE 110663 49.4
PASS 40910 18.3
IRWE 97371 43.5
1619 (a) 38398 17.1
1619 (b) 71321 31.8
Medicaid Buy-In 43749 19.5
Blind Work Expense 3253 1.5
Student Earned Income Exclusion 5621 2.5
Subsidy Development 27994 12.5
Extended Medicare 63693 28.4

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 9366 4.2
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 55398 24.7
Ticket to Work Program 89081 39.8
Continuing Disability Review Protections 41770 18.6
Section 301 13686 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 20273 9
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 4545 2

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 27848 12.4
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 116198 51.9
Intends to increase work hours in current job 8415 3.8
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1079 0.5
Intends to cease employment 685 0.3
Made no decision 68517 30.6
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 44090 19.7
Intends to pursue education or training 40441 18

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 76232 34
One hour or more per Recipient 147772 65.9
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour
Sum of hours 502198  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1