Register now for HSN’s SOAR Training Workshop, March 10-11
What is SOAR?
SOAR is SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery, a strategy that helps increase access to mainstream benefits for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
What is SOAR training?
- An overview of the Social Security Administration’s disability programs
- A step-by-step guide to engaging and interviewing potential clients
- Overview of the application process and the key components for success for your client’s application
Why is this training important to our Continuum of Care?
How many times have case managers completed a Social Security Disability application for a homeless client, only to have it denied? Nationally, the approval rate for homeless persons is 15% at initial application. After the techniques in the SOAR program are implemented by case managers, the approval rate is 62% at initial application. Miami-Dade County’s approval rate is 80%.
Think of the impact this result may have in transforming clients’ lives and improving program outcomes!
Who is our workshop trainer?
Cindy A. Schwartz is a nationally known expert on SOAR implementation who has had substantial success in Miami-Dade County, where the program has been implemented since 2005. She is a great motivational speaker with extensive expertise in large-scale SOAR implementation. Cindy has arranged for the regional Social Security Administration (SSA) manager and the Disability Determination Department (DDD) manager to attend both days of training to answer your questions and clarify processes and procedures.
Who should attend this training?
Program managers and case managers who have ongoing engagement with homeless and disabled adults as part of their work responsibilities should attend this workshop.
Logistics
Date: Thursday-Friday, March 10-11, 2011, 8:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Follow-up session: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 8:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Center for Drug Free Living, 3670 Maguire Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32803
Applicant selection process
Applicants must commit to participate in a follow-up workshop on Thursday, May 19, 2011, conducted by Ms. Schwartz where SSI/SSDI applications in process by each case manager will be peer-reviewed and additional training will be provide to ensure future success in SOAR implementation.
Space limited to 40 participants! Please complete the online application form. Forty applicants will be selected and will be notified on February 22, 2011.
Update: Registration is now closed. Selected applicants will receive confirmation soon.
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