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2024 National SOAR Outcomes

The SOAR TA Center has released the outcomes of SSI/SSDI applications submitted using the SOAR process from 2006 through June 30, 2024.

SOAR Works!

Over the last 19 years, the SOAR approach has been used to assist over 109,000 people who were experiencing or at risk of homelessness to apply for Social Security's disability programs, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).

Of the applications assisted using SOAR, 65 percent, representing 59,101 persons have been approved for SSI/SSDI upon initial application since SOAR began. An additional 9,292 persons, whose applications were denied initially, were approved on reconsideration or appeal. Taken together, since 2006, the SOAR approach is responsible for assisting 68,393 persons who were experiencing or at risk of homelessness to access Social Security disability benefits.

In 2024, there were 2,670 approvals on initial applications. Decisions on SOAR initial applications were received in an average of 177 days with an allowance rate of 65 percent. This compares to the initial allowance rate of 30 percent for all persons aged 18-64 who applied for SSI or SSDI in 2019.

We estimate that in 2024 alone, SSI/SSDI for the individuals served by SOAR brought over $774 million into the economies of participating states and localities. 

2024 SOAR Outcomes Issue Brief

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2024 SOAR Outcomes Infographic

SOAR Outcomes Infographic

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