Ms. Rosen suffers from chronic mental illness that dramatically impacts her ability to function, resulting in lost employment, repeated episodes of homelessness and strained relationships with family, neighbors and staff at her supportive housing program. On July 13, Ms. Rosen came to the Homeless Advocacy Project’s offices unannounced, crying uncontrollably and rapidly decompensating. She had just learned that her General Assistance (GA) benefits of $205 per month her only source of income were being terminated for good. Indeed, on August 1, the state eliminated the GA program for all indigent individuals, like Ms. Rosen, who are too disabled to work.
Fortunately for Ms. Rosen, she was already being represented by HAP staff attorney Meg Retz in a claim for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) federal disability benefits in HAP’s highly successful SOAR Project (SSI/SSDI Outreach Access and Recovery). As a result of Retz’s advocacy and the fast-paced SOAR process, Ms. Rosen was approved for SSI benefits of $698 per month within just 33 days of Retz submitting her SSI application and only nine days after her GA benefits were terminated.
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