2014: Outreach to Enroll People

As of 2014, MN was one of 16 states that provided assistance to people in applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Disability Insurance (DI) from the Social Security Administration. Since the early 1990s, MN DHS contracts with 55 agencies to help people on public programs who have disabilities to increase their incomes and decrease their state health care and benefit costs. Under a pay-for-performance model, 1,417 people were approved for SSDI benefits by the end of 2014, with a total of 28,074 receiving both SSDI benefits.

Statistic gathered from the Five Year State Plan FFYs 2017-2021.
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