BPAO National General Report Through 9/30/2006

   National
  
Total Organizations   
   117
Total Sites   
   197
Total Specialists   
   620
Total Beneficiaries/Recipients: 252235
   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: 252235
   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: 68772
   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: 466214    Average: 1.8
   Maximum: 566    Minimum: 1

 

Age Number Percent
Under 22 16762 6.6
22 to 39 76596 30.4
40 to 59 135954 53.9
Over 60 22923 9.1

 

Gender Number Percent
Female 126564 50.2
Male 125588 49.8

 

Primary Disability Number Percent
Blind or Visual Impairment 8149 3.2
Hearing, Speech, and other Sensory Impairments 5802 2.3
Spinal Cord Injury 9445 3.7
Non-Spinal Cord Orthopedic Disabilities/Amputations 21752 8.6
Psychiatric or Emotional Disability 85031 33.7
Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) 22594 9
System Diseases (e.g. nervous, endocrine, cardiac, etc.) 38900 15.4
Traumatic Brain Injury 8027 3.2
Unknown 17443 6.9
Other 34971 13.9

 

Special Language Number Percent
Sign Language 3081 1.2
English as a Second Language 4060 1.6
Other 10095 4

 

Current Benefit Number Percent
SSI 69521 27.6
SSDI 127524 50.6
Concurrent SSI/SSDI 37658 14.9
Medicare 130338 51.7
Medicaid 128069 50.8
Private Health Insurance 13503 5.4
Subsidized Housing 22594 9
Food Stamps 39488 15.7
TANF 2379 0.9
Workers Compensation 1274 0.5
Unemployment Insurance 723 0.3
Veterans Benefit 3002 1.2
Other 31835 12.6

 

Current Employment Status Number Percent
Employed Full-Time 10015 4
Employed Part-Time 47700 18.9
Not Employed, Seeking Employment 153147 60.7
Not Employed, Not Seeking Employment 29979 11.9

 

Reason for Service Request Number Percent
Responded to outreach from BPAO program 151974 60.3
Communication from SSA 22001 8.7
Responded to Ticket to Work Communication from SSA 63682 25.2
Not working, but considering going to work 115627 45.8
Working, and considering/anticipating change in employment status 19893 7.9
Contacted Program as a result of lost job 2314 0.9
Contacted Program as a result of starting new job 16741 6.6
Contacted Program as a result of increase/decrease in salary 3731 1.5
Anticipated or actual change experienced in other financial or life factors 18674 7.4
Other 42166 16.7

 

Service Delivered Number Percent
Information and Referral 229165 90.9
Problem Solving and Advocacy 80504 31.9
Benefits Analysis and Advisement 109523 43.4
Benefits Support Planning 35098 13.9
Benefits Management 13259 5.3

 

Recommended Incentives Number Percent
TWP 135187 53.6
EPE 125775 49.9
PASS 45378 18
IRWE 111217 44.1
1619 (a) 43875 17.4
1619 (b) 80430 31.9
Medicaid Buy-In 50106 19.9
Blind Work Expense 3607 1.4
Student Earned Income Exclusion 6389 2.5
Subsidy Development 31172 12.4
Extended Medicare 72862 28.9

 

Recommended Provisions Number Percent
Property Essential to Self Support 10720 4.3
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits 62526 24.8
Ticket to Work Program 101271 40.1
Continuing Disability Review Protections 46838 18.6
Section 301 15272 6.1
Unsuccessful Work Attempt 22704 9
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 8199 3.3

 

Anticipated Employment Status Change Number Percent
Does not intend to change current employment status 32377 12.8
Intends to seek new job or supplemental job 131412 52.1
Intends to increase work hours in current job 9409 3.7
Intends to decrease work hours in current job 1247 0.5
Intends to cease employment 901 0.4
Made no decision 76292 30.2
 
Intends to use Ticket to Work to seek new/suppl. job 50503 20
Intends to pursue education or training 44832 17.8

 

Hours of Service per Recipient Number Percent
Less than 1 hour per Recipient 84738 33.6
One hour or more per Recipient 167425 66.4
Summary of individuals receiving services more than one hour

Sum of hours 571655  
Average of hours 3.4  
Maximum of hours 677  
Minimum of hours 1