Persons Receiving Intensive Benefit Support

Only one major difference emerged between the benefit groups in terms of reasons beneficiaries gave for seeking services in the first place. The results suggest that SSI beneficiaries were nearly twice as likely as the other two groups to cite anticipated or actual changes in financial or life factors as a reason for their service request. Across all three groups, not working, but considering employment was the most frequently given reason for requesting services, followed by both consideration of a change in employment status in recipients who were currently working and anticipated changes in other financial or life factors.