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SOAR Funding and Sustainability Overview
There is no dedicated source of funding for SOAR programs. As a result, difficulty obtaining funds to pay the salaries of SOAR benefits specialists is a major reason that SOAR services in some areas are severely limited or nonexistent. Despite these challenges, communities have been resourceful in securing funding from a variety of sources.
SOAR Webinar: Proven Marketing Strategies for SOAR Sustainability
On this webinar, held on January 25, 2018, the SOAR TA Center and successful local and state SOAR leaders shared tips, tools, and strategies to help keep your SOAR program successful and sustaining.
SOAR Integration in Continuums of Care (CoCs)
Including SOAR in local CoC planning and projects is a viable strategy for connecting individuals to long-term stable income and improving CoC system performance. CoCs nationwide have included SOAR in their local homeless response systems.
Steps to Accessing Funding
This infographic provides the steps needed to obtain funding for your SOAR program.
SOAR and the VA Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program
Connecting Veterans with Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits is a critical step to increasing income stability for Veterans and their families, particularly for those Veterans whose work activity is limited by disabling conditions. The SOAR model helps individuals obtain SSA disability benefits while they are pursuing their vocational and housing goals through the GPD Program.
Using ESG-CV Funds for Dedicated SOAR Case Workers
The CARES Act included additional Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funding for communities. There is an opportunity for ESG recipients and Continuums of Care (CoCs) to use some of this funding to support dedicated SOAR case workers.
SOAR Funding Strategies
SOAR programs can be funded through a variety of sources, including foundations, private donors, and businesses operating in your communities.
SOAR Marketing Strategies
SOAR programs across the nation are looking for attention-getting ways to communicate with government officials, community providers, potential volunteers, and funders about the work SOAR is doing to help people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness access Social Security benefits. Most of these stakeholders will look online to find information about your program.
Funding and Sustainability Tools and Resources
Here are some tools that can assist your efforts to obtain funding for your SOAR program. Sample SOAR proposals and budgets, infographics, and the SOAR Cost Savings/Benefit Calculation Guide are provided, as well as links to external resources and trainings.
Crowd Funding Social Media Tips
Here are some tips you should consider as you look towards supplementing your SOAR funding with crowd funding.
Collaborating with Hospitals: A How-To Primer
This issue brief, developed by the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center, provides strategies for forming partnerships, examples, and a sample agreement to help hospitals and community programs create collaborations that are mutually beneficial.
AmeriCorps and SOAR: An Opportunity for Sustainability
This issue brief, developed by the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center, explores ways that agencies can involve AmeriCorps members at low or no cost to help implement SOAR.