Testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee

Reducing barriers to SSI

Serving homeless people poses a tremendous challenge to the already overburdened SSI/SSDI applications process. However, relatively small regulatory changes combined with effective outreach would grant a lifeline to Americas most vulnerable citizens while freeing up SSA resources to focus on the remainder of the SSI/SSDI application backlog.

On May 6, 2008, NLCHP and the National Policy and the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness (NPACH) submitted testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means detailing measures that would reduce the barriers homeless people face in obtaining SSI/SSDI benefits.

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