BPAO National General Report Through 4/30/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   195
Total Specialists   
   614
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 227543
   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: 227543
   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: 62136
   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: 422752    Average: 1.9
   Maximum: 565    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 15637 6.9
22 to 39 69239 30.4
40 to 59 122832 54
Over 60 19835 8.7

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 114175 50.2
Male 113295 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 7440 3.3
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5245 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 8564 3.8
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 19771 8.7
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 76515 33.6
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 20201 8.9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 35073 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 7241 3.2
Unknown 15236 6.7
Other 32120 14.1

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 2777 1.2
English as a Second Language 3738 1.6
Other 9219 4.1

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 63072 27.7
SSDI 114386 50.3
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 34127 15
Medicare 117103 51.5
Medicaid 115436 50.7
Private Health Insurance 12209 5.4
Subsidized Housing 20688 9.1
Food Stamps 35598 15.6
TANF 2195 1
Workers Compensation 1190 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 671 0.3
Veterans Benefit 2716 1.2
Other 28876 12.7

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 8876 3.9
Employed Part-Time 42799 18.8
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 137608 60.5
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 27600 12.1

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 136508 60
Communication from SSA 19782 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 58097 25.5
Not working, but considering going to work 102827 45.2
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 17643 7.8
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2081 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 14135 6.2
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3331 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 16895 7.4
Other 37857 16.6

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 205070 90.1
Problem Solving and Advocacy 71840 31.6
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 98367 43.2
Benefits Support Planning 31391 13.8
Benefits Management 11533 5.1

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 120845 53.1
EPE 112427 49.4
PASS 41565 18.3
IRWE 99182 43.6
1619 (a) 38978 17.1
1619 (b) 72321 31.8
Medicaid Buy-In 44357 19.5
Blind Work Expense 3296 1.4
Student Earned Income Exclusion 5732 2.5
Subsidy Development 28464 12.5
Extended Medicare 64801 28.5

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 9638 4.2
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 56433 24.8
Ticket to Work Program 90603 39.8
Continuing Disability Review Protections 42393 18.6
Section 301 13910 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 20599 9.1
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 5150 2.3

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 28979 12.7
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 118007 51.9
Intends to increase work hours in current job 8522 3.7
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1101 0.5
Intends to cease employment 727 0.3
Made no decision 69663 30.6
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 44864 19.7
Intends to pursue education or training 41059 18

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 77307 34
One hour or more per Recipient 150166 66
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour
Sum of hours 511811  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1