State Trends in the Child SSI Program: The Growing Role of SSI in the Safety Net

Mathematica Center for Studying Disability Policy is hosting a webinar on State Trends in the Child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program: The Growing Role of SSI in the Safety Net. There has been a dramatic increase of children receiving SSI benefits over the past 15 years, a net increase of 45 percent. There is no policy or program change that explains this dramatic increase. Mathematica completed a new study for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation that examines this increase and some of the reasons for it. The webinar will be presented by Mathematica experts: David Wittenburg, David Mann, Bonnie O'Day, Purvi Sevak, and John Tambornino of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. These presenters will speak about Child SSI growth trends and state-by-state variation in the county distribution of SSI recipients and the evolving pathways in to the Child SSI program.