SOAR Resource Library
- eNews
- Topic Areas
- Training Curricula
- Webinars
- Handouts
- 2011 Conference
- Links
Topic Areas
Appeals
- Using SOAR in the Appeals Process (9/13/2011 Webinar)
- SSA: How the Disability Appeals Process works
Applications
- Quality Review of Applications (7/7/2011 Webinar)
- Diving In: A SOAR Application Walk-Through (5/2011 Webinar)
- Video File 1.5 Hours | MS PowerPoint 3.56 MB
Getting Started PDF 104 kb | Webinar Documents MS Word 1.51 MB
- Video File 1.5 Hours | MS PowerPoint 3.56 MB
Collecting Medical Evidence
- Collecting Medical Evidence (3/2011 Webinar)
Criminal Justice
- Best Practices for Increasing Access to SSI/SSDI upon Exiting Criminal Justice Settings (1/2013)
- Best Practices: Access to Benefits for Prisoners with Mental Illnesses (2006)
- SOAR and Criminal Justice (11/28/2012 Webinar)
- Working with Justice-Involved Persons - FAQs
Employment
- SOAR and Employment for SSI/SSDI Beneficiaries (2/2013)
- SOAR and Employment (10/23/2012 Webinar)
Funding & Sustainability
- Hospital Collaboration Primer (3/2011)
- PATH & SOAR: An Effective Partnership (11/2010)
- AmeriCorps and SOAR: An Opportunity for Sustainability (9/2010)
HIPAA
- HIPAA Frequently Asked Questions
Medicaid and Health Care Reform
- Medicaid in the Era of Health Reform (2/2012 Webinar)
- State Medicaid Eligibility Rules
- How is the Affordable Care Act Leading to Changes in Medicaid Today?
Medical Summary Reports
- Medical Summary Reports (1/2011 Webinar)
Online Application Tracking (OAT) Program
- SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for all users (2/16/2012 Webinar)
- SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for State Team Leads (1/26/2012 Webinar)
Peer Supports
- Peer Supports and SOAR (12/06/2011 Webinar)
- Involving Peer Supports in the SOAR Process (11/2012)
Physicians
Representative Payees
- Organizational Representative Payees: Some Practical Suggestions (9/2010)
SSA & DDS
- SSA & DDS Collaborations (09/20/2012)
SSI Supplements
SOAR Publications
- Helping Adults Who are Homeless Gain Disability Benefits: The SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) Program (Psychiatric Services 11/2011)
Special Populations
- HIV/AIDS(8/2011)
Substance Use
Veterans
- SSA & VA Disability Benefits
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
2013 Webinars
- Understanding SSA's Policy on Drug Addiction and Alcoholism and its Impact on Disability (6/5/13)
- 2012 National SOAR Outcomes (4/17/2013)
- 2012 National SOAR Outcomes (3/29/2013)
2012 Webinars
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SOAR and Criminal Justice (11/28/2012)
- SOmiAR and Employment (10/23/2012)
- SSA & DDS Collaborations (09/20/2012)
- National Council: SOAR Webinar (07/10/2012)
- SOAR and Veterans (05/30/2012)
- You’ve Trained Them, Now What? (04/18/2012)
- 2011 National Outcomes (03/28/2012)
- Medicaid in the Era of Health Reform (2/29/2012)
- Federal Benefit Payments Go All-Electronic (2/21/2012)
- SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for all users (2/16/2012)
- SOAR Online Application Tracking Program - for State Team Leads (1/26/2012)
- Identifying SOAR Applicants (1/25/2012) Video 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) Video 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) Video File 1.5 Hours | PowerPoint 1.12 MB
- Diving In: A SOAR Application Walk-Through (5/2011) Video 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) Video File 1.5 Hours | PowerPoint 771 kb
- Medical Summary Reports (1/2011) Video 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
- Definitions of Homelessness Used by SOAR and SSA
- SOAR TA Center: Background and Costs
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 AND ITEMS of Interest
Items of Interest
- Improving Access: Expanding Acceptable Medical Sources for the SSA Disability Determination Process, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the Advocacy and Training Center
- Social Security Administration's Strategic Plan 2013-16, SSA
- Establishing Eligibility For SSI for Chronically Homeless People, ASPE
Web Resources
- Disability.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)
- Service Provider Locators:
- Social Security Administration
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)
- Whitepaper on Free Treatment for Substance Use