ScholarWorks > HHS > Social Work > JSSW > Vol. 14 > Iss. 1 (1987)
Abstract
When the Old Age Assistance (OAA), Aid to the Blind (AB), and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) caseloads were converted to SSI in 1974, only cash payments were transferred to the Social Security Administration; social services remained available through public welfare agencies. This paper assesses the extent to which the service utilization of low income aged and disabled persons changed with the social service delivery system changes associated with the implementation of SSI. We found that the proportion of persons receiving social services decreased slightly between the last year of the old programs and the first year of SS. The decrease in utilization was among those who received few services before SSI while the proportion receiving many services increased after SSI implementation.
Recommended Citation
Meller, Yossef and Mudrick, Nancy
(1987)
"The Impact of Program Centralization on the Utilization of Social Services: The Case of the SSI Program,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 14:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1797
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