SOAR eNewsletters

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Topic Areas

Appeals

• Using SOAR in the Appeals Process (9/13/2011 Webinar)
  MS PowerPoint 813 kb  |  Transcript MS Word 127kb

Applications

• Quality Review of Applications Audio File (7/7/2011 Webinar) 
  Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  MS PowerPoint 1.12 MB
• Diving In: A SOAR Application Walk-Through (5/2011 Webinar) 
  Audio File 1.5 Hours  | MS PowerPoint 3.56 MB
  Getting Started PDF 104 kb  |  Webinar Documents MS Word 1.51 MB
• Medical Summary Reports (1/2011 Webinar)  
  Audio File 1.5 Hours   |   PowerPoint 1.30 MB

Collecting Medical Evidence

• HIPAA Frequently Asked Questions PDF 191 kb
• Collecting Medical Evidence (3/2011 Webinar)  
  Audio File 1.5 Hours   |  MS PowerPoint 771 kb

Funding & Sustainability

• Hospital Collaboration Primer (3/2011) PDF 284 kb
• PATH & SOAR: An Effective Partnership (11/2010) PDF 183 kb
• AmeriCorps and SOAR: An Opportunity for Sustainability (9/2010) PDF 356 kb

Health Care Reform

• Medicaid in the Era of Health Reform (2/2012 Webinar)
  Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  Power Point 828 KB

Online Application Tracking (OAT) Program

• SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for all users (2/16/2012 Webinar)
  Aufio File 1.5 Hours |  Power Point
• SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for State Team Leads (1/26/2012 Webinar)
  Audio File 1.5 Hours  | Power Point 1 MB

Peer Support

• Peer Supports and SOAR (12/06/2011) Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  PowerPoint 4 MB

Representative Payees

• Organizational Representative Payees: Some Practical Suggestions (9/2010)
  PDF 191 kb

SOAR Publications

• Helping Adults Who are Homeless Gain Disability Benefits: The SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) Program (Psychiatric Services 11/2011) PDF 490kb

Special Populations

• Best Practices: Access to Benefits for Prisoners with Mental Illnesses(2006) PDF 356 kb
• HIV/AIDS(8/2011) PDF 152 kb
• Justice Involved Persons PDF 387 kb
• Veterans PDF 84 kb

SOAR Training Curricula

Stepping Stonesto Recovery Manual PDF 5.53 MB

Stepping Stones to Recovery Participant Guide PDF 9.7 MB

HOPWA SSR PDF 35.55 MB

 

 

Teleconferences & Webinars

2012 Webinars

• You’ve Trained Them, Now What? (04/18/2012)
• Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  Power Point 848 KB
• 2011 National Outcomes (03/28/2012)
  • Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  Power Point 825 KB
• Medicaid in the Era of Health Reform (2/29/2012)
  • Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  Power Point 828 KB
• Federal Benefit Payments Go All-Electronic (2/21/2012)
  • Audio File 1 Hour  |  Power Point
• SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for all users (2/16/2012)
  • Aufio File 1.5 Hours |  Power Point
• SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for State Team Leads (1/26/2012)
  • Audio File 1.5 Hours  | Power Point 1 MB
• Identifying SOAR Applicants (1/25/2012)  Audio File 1.5 Hours  | Power Point 1 MB
  Additional Materials:
  • Identifying SOAR Applicants MS Word 51kb - SOAR TA Center
  • SOAR Applicant Checklist MS Word 40kb - Baltimore
  • Tips for Working with Attorneys MS Word 91kb - Baltimore
  • SOAR Referral Form MS Word 41kb -Kansas City

2011 Webinars

• Peer Supports and SOAR (12/06/2011) Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  PowerPoint 4 MB
• Using SOAR in the Appeals Process (9/13/2011) PowerPoint 813 kb  |  Transcript MS Word 127kb
• Quality Review of Applications Audio File (7/7/2011)  Audio File 1.5 Hours  | PowerPoint 1.12 MB
• Diving In: A SOAR Application Walk-Through (5/2011)  Audio File 1.5 Hours  |  PowerPoint 3.56 MB
  Getting Started PDF 104 kb   |   Webinar Documents MS Word 1.51 MB
• Collecting Medical Evidence (3/2011)  Audio File 1.5 Hours   |  PowerPoint 771 kb
• Medical Summary Reports (1/2011)  Audio File 1.5 Hours  |   PowerPoint 1.30 MB

 

 

 

SOAR TA Center Handouts & Presentations

• SOAR Overview PDF 63 kb
• 2011 Outcomes PDF 262 kb
• Roles & Responsibilities of State and Local Team Leads and Planning Teams PDF 108 kb
• Critical Components PDF 85 kb
• 2 day SSR Training vs. 4-day Train-the-Trainer PDF 74 kb
• Starting a SOAR Project MS PPT 763 kb
• Usual vs. SOAR SSI/SSDI Application Process PDF 294 kb
• Timeline for Completing an Initial Application PDF 104 kb

Conference Materials

Presentations

• Funding and Sustaining SOAR Projects - GSanford - MS PowerPoint 134 kb
• Mentoring and Quality Review - ECarmody - MS PowerPoint 1.52 MB
• Mentoring and Quality Review - MLevy - MS PowerPoint 219 kb
• Michigan SOAR - MBellamy - MS PowerPoint 1.94 MB
• Perspectives Health Care Reform - RBalkus - MS PowerPoint 92 kb
• Perspectives Health Care Reform - KPower - MS PowerPoint 1.56 MB
• Role of Benefits and Employment in Recovery - TGolden - MS PowerPoint 798 kb
• Rural Community Roundtable - SMcBride - MS Word 15 kb

Links of Interest

Service Provider Locator

• Hospital
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment

Other Links

• DisabilityInfo.gov
• Documenting Disability
• DisabilityJudges.com
• GovBenefits.gov
• Guide to State Low-Income Benefit Programs
• HUD’s Homelessness Resource Exchange
• National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH)
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
• National Council on Disability
• National Healthcare for Homeless Council
• National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
• Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
• SAMHSA’s Homelessness Resource Center (HRC)
• Social Security Administration 
  • Strategic Plan 2013-16 
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)