Tag: SSI program
In most states, when the low-income families of a child with a disability receive cash payments from the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, the child is automatically eligible for Medicaid health insurance. In reality, up to 480,000 children on Medicaid who might also be eligible for SSI are not receiving it, according to a new study by…
Abstract This paper examines how local deprivation relates to child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) participation. It uses Social Security Administration data on child SSI participation at the Census tract and county levels. It also uses American Community Survey data to construct a measure of economic deprivation that reflects a range of local socioeconomic factors including…
