Focus Group Facilitator
SOAR Evaluation: Key Issues
Discuss the effectiveness of SOAR technical assistance activities in meeting project goals (to develop SSI/SSDI applications that are approved on initial submission and reduce the time for benefit approval).
Talk about the effects of the SOAR technical assistance components (e.g., State action planning, train-the-trainer program, observation and assistance in in-vivo training, follow-up TA) in preparing participants to develop successful SSI/SSDI applications.
Discuss implementation of the SOAR model, including barriers or obstacles.
Talk about the benefits of SOAR technical assistance to States/localities. Benefits can be related to any of the following areas:
Relationship building and linkage to provider agency
SSI/SSDI benefits
Medicaid/Medicare benefits
Improved access to health care and social services
Ongoing participation in services (i.e., mental health and substance abuse treatment, primary care)
Obtaining/retaining housing
Services in supportive housing
Assignment of representative payees
Discuss sustaining benefits over the time.
Discuss how success can be modeled or replicated. Talk about similarities between states/localities that have had success versus states/localities that have had mixed success or low success.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | SOAR Evaluation: Key Questions |
| Author | lrickard |
| Last Modified By | SYSTEM |
| File Modified | 2018-05-07 |
| File Created | 2018-05-07 |