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Media Coverage
Fact Sheets and Issue Briefs
Press Releases and Testimony
Action Alerts and Letters
Families' Stories
Publications

Media Coverage

• Discussion of NPR "Unfit to Work" Series: segment 1, segment 2
  All In with Chris Hayes, MSNBC, April 5, 2013
• What 'This American Life' Missed on Disability Insurance
  Washington Post, March 28, 2013
• Children’s SSI Disability Benefits at Risk … Again
  Rebecca Vallas and Elaine Alfano, Clearinghouse Review: Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, "Litigating the Right of People with Disabilities to Live in the Community" Issue, May/June 2012
• Efforts to Boost Outcomes for Children with Disabilities Should Build Upon SSI’s Foundation
  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Blog, Off the Charts, May 8, 2012
• House GOP Would Slash Billions In Benefits For Low-Income Disabled Kids
  ThinkProgress Guest Blog, May 8, 2012
• Congress Must Not Cut SSI
  Politico, Op-ed by Timothy Shriver, December 14, 2011
• SSI: A Critical Support for Disabled Children and their Families
  Center for Law and Social Policy Blog, In Focus, November 8, 2011
• Cutting SSI Benefits Places the Burden of Deficit Reduction on Children with Disabilities
  Leadership Conference Education Fund Blog, Unfinished Business, November 8, 2011
• Advocates Work to Protect SSI for Children with Mental Disabilities
  Mental Health Weekly, November 7, 2011
• Cutting SSI Would Only Hurt Children
  USATODAY.com, October 26, 2011
• SSI Benefits Vital to Severely Disabled Children and Their Families
  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Blog, Off the Charts, October 26, 2011, UPDATED May 7, 2012
• How SSI Benefits Help Children and Families
  Voices for America's Children Blog, October 26, 2011
• Supplemental Security Income for Disabled Kids: A Success Story Conservatives Don't Want to Tell
  Center for Economic and Policy Research Blog, October 5, 2011

Fact Sheets and Issue Briefs

• Children's SSI: Enrollment Trends in Perspective: May 2012
• Children's SSI by the Issues: Executive Summary Fact Sheet: UPDATED May 2012
• Children's SSI Enrollment and Demographic Trends: October 2011
• SSI Myths vs. Facts: July 2011
• Decisions on Children's SSI Claims by Disorder, Year: Tables: June 2011
• Community Legal Services of Philadelphia Rebuttal to Globe Series Attacking the SSI Program: June 2011
• SSI Decisions Highlighted for Schizophrenia, ADHD, Mood Disorders: Charts: May 2011
• SSI Benefits for Children with Mental Disorders: Background: March 2011
• A  Closer Look at Child Mental Disabilities and SSI Eligibility: March 2011
• The Economics of SSI for Low-Income Children with Mental Disorders: March 2011

Press Releases and Testimony

• Congressional Hearing (10/27) Announced on SSI for Low-income Children with Severe Disabilities; Families Available to Speak with Media; 80 Groups Sign-On to Preserve SSI: October 25, 2011
  
  • Bazelon Center Written Testimony for Children's SSI Hearing
  • Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (CLS) Witness Testimony: On behalf of CLS and the SSI Coalition for Children and Families
  • Over 80 National Groups Support Preserving Children's SSI: November 7, 2011
  • Video of 10/27 House Hearing on Children's SSI
• Default Averted, But Threats Persist to Medicaid, SSI, Other Key Supports: August 5, 2011
• Rise in Poverty Should Be Concerning, Not SSI: Statement on Boston Globe Article "Disability program, concerns on rise": July 21, 2011

Action Alerts and Letters

• An Open Letter from 8 Former Commissioners of the Social Security Administration re:  NPR "Unfit to Work" Series: April 4, 2013
• Tell NPR to Retract its Startlingly Distorted Series on Social Security Disability Programs: March 28, 2013
• "Unfit" for NPR -- Let's Get the Facts Straight on Disability: Social Security Disability Programs Are a Vital Lifeline for People with Severe Disabilities: March 27, 2013
• Don't Let Them Rob the Vulnerable to Pay the Debt: July 1, 2011
• Letter to President Barack Obama: June 20, 2011
• Amid Action on 2011 and 2012 Budgets, Congress Debates What to Do About the Long-Term Deficit: April 29, 2011, UPDATED June 13, 2011 

Families' Stories

• Adrian's Story: This webpage describes the important role SSI has played in helping Adrian's family care for him.
• In Their Own Words -- Benefits of SSI: This handout briefly highlights seven families' experiences.

Publications

• Booklet on SSI for Children