Social Security has developed PROMISE (Promoting Readiness Of Minors In SSI) the help children who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program because they have physical, mental, intellectual or learning impairments.
The joint project, with the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, promote positive outcomes for children who receive SSI and their families. Below is a description from Social Security about the program.
PROMISE is a joint project with the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services to promote positive outcomes for children who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and their families. The goal of PROMISE is to improve the provision and coordination of services to promote education and employment outcomes resulting in long-term reductions in the child’s reliance on SSI. The Department of Education awarded cooperative agreements to States to implement PROMISE, and we will evaluate the project. The Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services will also provide support for the project. The States have proposed and are implementing their own unique models, but all PROMISE project interventions include the following, at minimum:
- Partnerships among State agencies responsible for programs that play a key role in providing services to the target populations;
- Family outreach, recruitment, and involvement; and
- Services including:
- Case management;
- Benefits counseling;
- Career and work-based learning experiences; and
- Parent/guardian training and information.
The following states are participating in this project at some level: Arkansas, California, Consortium: Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Arizona, Maryland, New York, Wisconsin.
