TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - State-to-state variation in SSI enrollment for children with mental disabilities: an administrative and ethical challenge
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Hoagwood, Kimberly E.
A1  - Zima, Bonnie T.
A1  - Buka, Stephen L.
A1  - Houtrow, Amy
A1  - Kelleher, Kelly J.
SP  - 195
EP  - 198
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE:The study examined state variation in rates of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) determinations, allowances, and receipt of benefits for ten selected child mental disabilities in 2013.<br><br>METHODS:SSI administrative and U.S. Census Bureau data collected by a multidisciplinary consensus committee convened by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in 2015 were examined.<br><br>RESULTS:Less than 1% of children in 2013 were recipients of SSI for mental disabilities. Determination rates ranged from 1,441 to 251 per 100,000 low-income children, an almost sixfold difference. Allowance rates varied from 16% to 78%, a fivefold difference. Receipt of benefits ranged from.7% to 5.3%, a sevenfold difference.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS:Large unexplained discrepancies across states were found in review and receipt of SSI benefits for low-income children with mental disabilities. Inequities that cannot be explained by disability severity or financial need violate the ethos of equitable access to federally entitled services.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600118
ID  - ref1
ER  -