Description
The Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefit programs - Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI/SSDI) can provide income and health insurance benefits to support healthy return to communities for previously incarcerated individuals who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have a serious mental illness, medical impairment, and/or a co-occurring substance use disorder. SOAR (SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery) is a model that can help! This webinar will feature speakers who will share their best practices for implementing SOAR in a county jail and state correctional system, and explore how SOAR implementation in criminal justice settings can be a strong reentry tool to increasing housing stability and promote post release success.
On this webinar, you will learn
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Key strategies for introducing SOAR to and engaging criminal justice systems
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SOAR best practices for assisting SSI/SSDI applicants who are involved in the criminal justice system
Presenters
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Dazara Ware, MPC, Senior Project Associate, SAMHSA SOAR TA Center, Delmar, New York
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Dan Abreu, MS CRC LMHC, Senior Project Associate, SAMHSA GAINS Center, Delmar, New York
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Paul J. Mulloy, Director of Programs Nashville Sheriff’s Office
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Lolita Johnson, LEAD SOAR Counselor Davidson County Sheriff's Office
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Donna Bond, Coordinator of Mental Health Reentry, Oklahoma Department of Corrections
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Marcus Ayers, Manager of Prison Based Reentry Services, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health Services