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| Goal
#1 |
To
provide access to benefits payable under the Social Security Act. |
| Objective
#1 |
Expedite
and facilitate the processing and payment of all disability claims, including
those filed based on a presumptive diagnosis of HIV disease.
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Action
Steps
|
- Process
HIV claims under high priority status using procedures for processing
claims where there is an indication of terminal illness.
- Revise
as necessary SSA's adjudicative policies based on dynamic nature of
HIV disease.
- Expedite
claims processing by streamlining disability claims procedures and help
AIDS service providers assist clients applying for SSA-DI and SSI.
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Description
|
Social
Security Administration Disability Insurance (SSA-DI) and Social Security
Insurance (SSI) Programs.
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Resources
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FY95
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FY96
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FY97
|
|
SSI-DI
SSI
|
$
640 million
$ 300 million
|
$ 710
million
$ 370 million
|
$
795 million
$ 450 million
|
|
Populations
Served
|
People
living with HIV eligible for Title II and/or Title XVI social security
benefits.
|
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Constituency
Involvement
|
People
living with HIV and AIDS and their caregivers and advocates, the medical
community, national AIDS organizations, SSA employees, coordinating federal
agencies.
|
| Goal
#2 |
To
provide information regarding benefits payable under the Social Security
Act. |
| Objective
#1 |
Provide
information to people living with AIDS (PWAs) and to the medical community
regarding eligibility requirements and changes in SSA programs as they
apply to PWAs.
|
|
Action
Steps
|
- Inform
PWAs about disability programs and eligibility requirements through
mass mailings, electronic bulletin boards and community based organizations.
- Participate
and exhibit at national conventions.
- Train
on disability programs.
- Coordinate
public information campaigns among Federal agencies and non-governmental
organizations to disseminate information to more people more rapidly.
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Description
|
Public
information campaigns.
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Resources
|
FY95
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FY96
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FY97
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*
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*
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*
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* Part
of overall operating budget.
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Populations
Served
|
Persons
living with HIV and their caregivers and advocates, the medical community
and federal agencies.
|
|
Constituency
Involvement
|
PLAs, their
caregivers and advocates; the medical community; national- and community-based
AIDS organizations; coordinating federal agencies and SSA employees.
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