In 2013, about 1.3 million children were receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, a net increase of 45 percent over the last 15 years. There have been no major changes in SSI’s eligibility rules that would explain this increase—or the differences in caseload growth across states—which raises questions about the factors driving these trends. In a new study completed for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mathematica examined this growth in child SSI benefits and some of the potential factors driving it, along with the changing role of the program in the broader safety net.
Join Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy (CSDP) on Thursday, September 24, 11:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (ET) to learn about these findings and their potential implications for future policy and program decisions.
The discussion will cover:
- Child SSI growth trends and state-by-state variation in the county distribution of SSI recipients
- Evolving pathways into the child SSI program
The speaker panel will feature David Wittenburg, Mathematica; David Mann, Mathematica; Bonnie O'Day, Mathematica; Purvi Sevak, Mathematica; and John Tambomino, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Note: In-Person check-in and a complimentary lunch begin at 11:45 a.m., the program begins at 12:00 p.m.
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