SOAR 2014 Outcomes Request
Dear SOAR Providers:
It's that time again! The SOAR TA Center is looking for your outcomes on SSI/SSDI initial applications and appeals completed using the SOAR approach. As always, we are only collecting outcomes of applications on which a decision from SSA has been received; we are not collecting information about "pending" applications (those on which you are still awaiting a decision from SSA).
Your state process may differ from this, so please contact your SOAR State Team Lead about submitting your data. You can find contact information for your SOAR State lead here: http://prainc.com/soar/about/where_is_soar.asp.
If you have reported outcomes to us in the past, we're asking for your outcomes from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 ONLY. We will add these to the outcomes you've reported in previous years unless you tell us to do otherwise. If there are new programs in your state that you have never reported to us before, then please report those outcomes from the beginning. Be sure to include the dates the outcomes represent.
Again this year we have created an Excel spreadsheet for you to use. Please click here to access it. It's divided into sections, with the same questions we asked last year about your program. Again this year: We'd like you to brag about successes you've had or challenges you've overcome. Please complete the spreadsheet and return it to me no later than Friday, August 29th. If you would prefer to share information about your SOAR-related experiences by phone, let me know and I'll set up a convenient time to talk.
We look forward to hearing from you. We will, of course, share the results of what we learn with you as well as our federal partners as we have done in the past. Please let me know if you have questions about this.
Together, we have generated a lot of interest and support for SOAR nationally and having outcomes to report each year is critical to our and your continued success. Thanks for all that you do to keep SOAR going wherever you are!
Margaret Lassiter, MA
Senior Project Associate
Senior Project Associate
SAMHSA SOAR Technical Assistance Center
Policy Research Associates, Inc.
345 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
Phone: 518-439-7415 ext. 5230
Policy Research Associates, Inc.
345 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
Phone: 518-439-7415 ext. 5230
Fax: 518-439-7612
Creating positive social change in the lives of disadvantaged people
through research, evaluation, and technical assistance