Supplemental Security Income Information for Head Start Programs
Recently, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families distributed an Information Memorandum to all Head Start programs containing an information packet on Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Administration for Children and Families are working together to identify Head Start participants who may be eligible for SSI. The SSI information packet contains the following materials:
Limited additional posters in both Spanish and English are available from SSA's Public Information Distribution Center. Send requests for posters and/or materials to:
- A camera-ready fact sheet entitled SSI Benefits for Children with Disabilities;
- A reprint of page 1 of the Social Security Courier for August 1992 which addresses Social Security's efforts to work with educators to identify children with disabilities who may be eligible for SSI (the fact sheet and reprint are available in both Spanish and English from SSA upon request.); and
- An SSI outreach poster.
Social Security Administration
Office of Public Affairs
P.O. Box 17743
Baltimore, MD 21235
(410) 965-0945
(410) 965-0696 Fax