BPAO National General Report Through 8/31/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   196
Total Specialists   
   621
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 246298
   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: 246298
   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: 67407
   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: 456987    Average: 1.9
   Maximum: 566    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 16634 6.8
22 to 39 74802 30.4
40 to 59 132715 53.9
Over 60 22147 9

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 123591 50.2
Male 122632 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 7990 3.2
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5676 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 9241 3.8
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 21254 8.6
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 82947 33.7
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 22037 8.9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 38001 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 7844 3.2
Unknown 16774 6.8
Other 34421 14

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 3017 1.2
English as a Second Language 4011 1.6
Other 9939 4

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 67902 27.6
SSDI 124291 50.5
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 36852 15
Medicare 127317 51.7
Medicaid 125086 50.8
Private Health Insurance 13196 5.4
Subsidized Housing 22095 9
Food Stamps 38485 15.6
TANF 2319 0.9
Workers Compensation 1249 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 707 0.3
Veterans Benefit 2943 1.2
Other 31183 12.7

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 9787 4
Employed Part-Time 46609 18.9
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 149146 60.6
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 29535 12

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 148370 60.2
Communication from SSA 21513 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 62375 25.3
Not working, but considering going to work 112276 45.6
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 19352 7.9
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2261 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 16346 6.6
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3647 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 18211 7.4
Other 41136 16.7

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 223641 90.8
Problem Solving and Advocacy 78462 31.9
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 106833 43.4
Benefits Support Planning 34380 14
Benefits Management 12916 5.2

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 131718 53.5
EPE 122498 49.7
PASS 44701 18.1
IRWE 108260 44
1619 (a) 42528 17.3
1619 (b) 78426 31.8
Medicaid Buy-In 48328 19.6
Blind Work Expense 3542 1.4
Student Earned Income Exclusion 6294 2.6
Subsidy Development 30679 12.5
Extended Medicare 70884 28.8

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 10523 4.3
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 61270 24.9
Ticket to Work Program 98795 40.1
Continuing Disability Review Protections 46014 18.7
Section 301 15055 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 22277 9
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 7589 3.1

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 31644 12.8
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 128101 52
Intends to increase work hours in current job 9215 3.7
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1221 0.5
Intends to cease employment 866 0.4
Made no decision 74678 30.3
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 49083 19.9
Intends to pursue education or training 44027 17.9

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 82907 33.7
One hour or more per Recipient 163319 66.3
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour

Sum of hours 557919  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1