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Join Us - NDF - Homelessness: Working with Stakeholders to Improve Access to SSA Benefits

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Dear Colleague,

We cordially invite you to our next National Disability Forum, Homelessness: Working with Stakeholders to Improve Access to SSA Benefits and Services Part 2. The forum will be held on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET, via Microsoft (MS) Teams.

The purpose of this forum is to learn from researchers, stakeholders, advocates, and the public about how we can improve access to our benefits and services for people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Discussion topics for Part 2 include:

  • Challenges obtaining medical records;
  • Tips and considerations for disability case adjudicators; and
  • Transitioning out of housing insecurity.

Joy Moses, Director for the Homelessness Research Institute, National Alliance to End Homelessness, will moderate the forum. Confirmed Panelists include:

  • Yvonne Perret, Founder, SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)
  • Richard Cho, PhD., Senior Advisor, U.S. Housing and Urban Development
  • Michele Levy, Managing Attorney, Homeless Advocacy Project
  • Claire Ramsey, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Social Services
  • Katie League, COVID-19 Project Manager (Policy Team), National Health Care for the Homeless Council

To participate in the forum, please register by Monday, October 17, 2022. After we receive your registration, you will receive an email with the MS Teams information.

We are gathering information from our stakeholders about the forum's topics through Engage SSA, an online feedback tool. Information can be provided until Friday, November 4, 2022.

We want to hear your ideas about:

  • Privacy and improving medical records of people experiencing homelessness;
  • Access to benefits applications for the sheltered and unsheltered;
  • Addressing how SSA can better maintain contact with individuals experiencing housing insecurity.

If you have not used Engage SSA, please see the Engage SSA guide for details. While a login is required, all responses are anonymous, unless you choose to provide contact information.

We hope you can join us, and we look forward to your participation. To learn more about the National Disability Forum, please visit https://www.ssa.gov/ndf/index.htm.

If you have any questions, please contact us at OEA.Net.Post@ssa.gov.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Buckner
Associate Commissioner
Office of Strategic and Digital Communications
@SSAOutreach