BPAO National General Report Through 7/31/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   195
Total Specialists   
   613
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 241383
   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: 241383
   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: 66399
   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: 448940    Average: 1.9
   Maximum: 566    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 16379 6.8
22 to 39 73271 30.4
40 to 59 130223 53.9
Over 60 21510 8.9

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 121099 50.2
Male 120209 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 7849 3.3
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5585 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 9083 3.8
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 20869 8.6
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 81399 33.7
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 21617 9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 37266 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 7701 3.2
Unknown 16079 6.7
Other 33821 14

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 2968 1.2
English as a Second Language 3953 1.6
Other 9802 4.1

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 66575 27.6
SSDI 121710 50.4
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 36144 15
Medicare 124625 51.6
Medicaid 122543 50.8
Private Health Insurance 12904 5.3
Subsidized Housing 21754 9
Food Stamps 37747 15.6
TANF 2290 0.9
Workers Compensation 1238 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 702 0.3
Veterans Benefit 2896 1.2
Other 30601 12.7

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 9583 4
Employed Part-Time 45760 19
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 145933 60.5
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 29085 12

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 145155 60.1
Communication from SSA 21093 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 61070 25.3
Not working, but considering going to work 109506 45.4
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 19019 7.9
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2223 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 15792 6.5
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3576 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 17848 7.4
Other 40304 16.7

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 218939 90.7
Problem Solving and Advocacy 76915 31.9
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 104754 43.4
Benefits Support Planning 33784 14
Benefits Management 12638 5.2

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 128758 53.3
EPE 119749 49.6
PASS 43985 18.2
IRWE 105604 43.7
1619 (a) 41399 17.2
1619 (b) 76715 31.8
Medicaid Buy-In 47408 19.6
Blind Work Expense 3485 1.4
Student Earned Income Exclusion 6172 2.6
Subsidy Development 30180 12.5
Extended Medicare 69073 28.6

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 10335 4.3
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 60044 24.9
Ticket to Work Program 96439 40
Continuing Disability Review Protections 45147 18.7
Section 301 14730 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 21803 9
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 7036 2.9

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 31004 12.8
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 125132 51.8
Intends to increase work hours in current job 9061 3.8
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1187 0.5
Intends to cease employment 856 0.4
Made no decision 73574 30.5
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 47680 19.8
Intends to pursue education or training 43340 18

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 81292 33.7
One hour or more per Recipient 160020 66.3
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour
Sum of hours 546907  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1