Document Type
Article
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Title
Social Service Review
Volume
78
Publication Date
3-2004
Abstract
This article reviews the results of a multisite cohort study on effects of terminating Supplemental Security Income benefits for drug addiction and alcoholism. Within 2 years of the program's termination, 35 - 43 percent of participants requalified for disability benefits for another impairment. Regardless of requalification status, substance abuse treatment participation declined sharply and illegal drug use was prevalent. Although many of those who did not requalify lost income, medical benefits, and housing, these losses lessened over time and were not associated with increased psychological or medical problems or with declines in other aspects of participants' lives.
Publisher's Statement
© 2004 by University of Chicago Press.
Citation
Swartz, James A., Jim Baumohl, and Arthur J. Lurigio. "Termination of Supplemental Security Income Benefits for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism: Results of a Longitudinal Study of the Effects on Former Beneficiaries." Social Service Review 78 (2004): 96-124.
DOI
10.1086/380769