SOAR provides benefits to states, communities and hispotials as well, given that SSA can reimburse disability or general assitance funds and Medicaid can reimburse for care.

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The initiative highlights the need  for framing of application process as a collaborative, multilevel effort between communities to aid their most vulnerable members, as opposed to an isolated, individual effort. This will also allow for recovery from chronic homelessness.

Takeaways from SOAR Initiative

Dennis, D., Lassiter, M., Connelly, W. H., & Lupfer, K. S. (2011). Helping adults who are homeless gain disability benefits: The SSI/SSDI outreach, access, and recovery (SOAR) program. Psychiatric Services, 62(11), 1373–1376. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1373

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