BPAO National General Report Through 5/31/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   195
Total Specialists   
   612
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 232632
   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: 232632
   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: 63685
   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: 431686    Average: 1.9
   Maximum: 565    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 15999 6.9
22 to 39 70712 30.4
40 to 59 125522 54
Over 60 20399 8.8

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 116700 50.2
Male 115858 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 7586 3.3
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5367 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 8728 3.8
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 20200 8.7
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 78284 33.7
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 20721 8.9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 35901 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 7406 3.2
Unknown 15451 6.6
Other 32863 14.1

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 2853 1.2
English as a Second Language 3843 1.7
Other 9455 4.1

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 64374 27.7
SSDI 117059 50.3
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 34908 15
Medicare 119954 51.6
Medicaid 118126 50.8
Private Health Insurance 12477 5.4
Subsidized Housing 21077 9.1
Food Stamps 36343 15.6
TANF 2226 1
Workers Compensation 1214 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 680 0.3
Veterans Benefit 2781 1.2
Other 29431 12.7

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 9213 4
Employed Part-Time 43995 18.9
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 140299 60.3
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 28337 12.2

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 139928 60.1
Communication from SSA 20238 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 59147 25.4
Not working, but considering going to work 105197 45.2
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 18146 7.8
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2128 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 15162 6.5
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3425 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 17230 7.4
Other 38703 16.6

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 209823 90.2
Problem Solving and Advocacy 73445 31.6
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 100657 43.3
Benefits Support Planning 32060 13.8
Benefits Management 11779 5.1

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 123746 53.2
EPE 115104 49.5
PASS 42407 18.2
IRWE 101310 43.5
1619 (a) 39839 17.1
1619 (b) 73931 31.8
Medicaid Buy-In 45550 19.6
Blind Work Expense 3353 1.4
Student Earned Income Exclusion 5874 2.5
Subsidy Development 29044 12.5
Extended Medicare 66299 28.5

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 9891 4.3
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 57569 24.7
Ticket to Work Program 92662 39.8
Continuing Disability Review Protections 43293 18.6
Section 301 14162 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 20931 9
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 5818 2.5

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 29905 12.9
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 120603 51.8
Intends to increase work hours in current job 8739 3.8
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1126 0.5
Intends to cease employment 774 0.3
Made no decision 70924 30.5
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 45773 19.7
Intends to pursue education or training 41802 18

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 78864 33.9
One hour or more per Recipient 153698 66.1
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour
Sum of hours 523014  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1