Library & Tools

Increasing income through employment and Social Security disability benefits is critical for maintaining housing stability. However, for individuals utilizing housing vouchers, fear of losing their vouchers often prevents them from exploring employment. To encourage work, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has numerous incentives to protect those returning to work from immediate rent increases and voucher loss.

The SOAR Online Course provides a unique alternative to in-person trainings. There is no cost for this program.

Here is some helpful information if you are having trouble filling out and saving the SSA forms for the SOAR Online Course.

Throughout the SOAR Online Course there are several videos for you to view. Here are a few options for viewing these videos, as well as some troubleshooting tips.

We’ve gathered examples of well-written, successful Medical Summary Reports (MSRs) from SOAR providers across the country for the SOAR community to use as extra guidance.

Here are some tools created by the SOAR TA Center that are specific to the child SSI application process.

Here are examples of completed SSA and SOAR Forms using information from a fictitious SSI child applicant.

Find up-to-date information on the rates that SSA sets annually.

This decision tree will help caseworkers determine whether they should complete a SOAR-assisted SSI/SSDI application for an individual with whom they are working.

These are the tools and worksheets created by the SOAR TA Center that can help you in the SSI/SSDI Application process.