BPAO National General Report Through 6/30/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   195
Total Specialists   
   613
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 237513
   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: 237513
   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: 65030
   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: 439685    Average: 1.9
   Maximum: 565    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 16290 6.9
22 to 39 72196 30.4
40 to 59 128058 53.9
Over 60 20969 8.8

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 119176 50.2
Male 118263 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 7725 3.3
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5486 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 8906 3.7
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 20569 8.7
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 80017 33.7
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 21273 9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 36637 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 7568 3.2
Unknown 15815 6.7
Other 33393 14.1

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 2920 1.2
English as a Second Language 3910 1.6
Other 9624 4.1

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 65589 27.6
SSDI 119631 50.4
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 35580 15
Medicare 122523 51.6
Medicaid 120618 50.8
Private Health Insurance 12707 5.4
Subsidized Housing 21467 9
Food Stamps 37154 15.6
TANF 2262 1
Workers Compensation 1226 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 695 0.3
Veterans Benefit 2845 1.2
Other 30096 12.7

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 9402 4
Employed Part-Time 44982 18.9
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 143490 60.4
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 28773 12.1

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 142673 60.1
Communication from SSA 20646 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 60236 25.4
Not working, but considering going to work 107720 45.4
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 18625 7.8
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2167 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 15499 6.5
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3509 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 17577 7.4
Other 39552 16.7

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 214278 90.2
Problem Solving and Advocacy 75193 31.7
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 102931 43.3
Benefits Support Planning 32886 13.8
Benefits Management 12120 5.1

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 126518 53.3
EPE 117657 49.5
PASS 43313 18.2
IRWE 103755 43.7
1619 (a) 40722 17.1
1619 (b) 75480 31.8
Medicaid Buy-In 46563 19.6
Blind Work Expense 3418 1.4
Student Earned Income Exclusion 6082 2.6
Subsidy Development 29752 12.5
Extended Medicare 67908 28.6

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 10142 4.3
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 58982 24.8
Ticket to Work Program 94779 39.9
Continuing Disability Review Protections 44423 18.7
Section 301 14522 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 21491 9
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 6470 2.7

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 30502 12.8
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 123178 51.9
Intends to increase work hours in current job 8920 3.8
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1158 0.5
Intends to cease employment 809 0.3
Made no decision 72382 30.5
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 46884 19.7
Intends to pursue education or training 42787 18

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 80077 33.7
One hour or more per Recipient 157365 66.3
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour

Sum of hours 537352  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1