Too often, transition age youth with disabilities experience substandard medical care, homelessness, or incarceration after “aging out.” For these vulnerable young adults, federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits often help them gain stability, housing, and proper care, and protect them from adverse outcomes. The webinar covers the legal responsibilities around screening foster youth for SSI eligibility, best practices modeled by Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Alameda counties for obtaining and maintaining SSI benefits for non-minor dependents, and solutions to common barriers to accessing SSI benefits.
