There's been a delay in getting stimulus payments out to recipients of Social Security and SSI benefits The delay may or may not have involved foot dragging at Social Security. My guess is that there was no deliberate foot dragging but a lack of perceived urgency. In any case, the obstacles have been cleared out of the way and payments should be delivered to bank accounts by April 7.
ReplyDeleteFrom: Social Security Administration, Office of Communications
Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:31 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] National Disability Forum on COVID-19 and SSA Programs: Mental Health Effects on Adults and Children
Dear Colleague,
We cordially invite you to participate in Social Security’s next National Disability Forum on COVID-19 and SSA Programs: Mental Health Effects on Adults and Children. The forum is on Thursday, April 15, 2021 and will be held via teleconference from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET.
The purpose for this forum is to hear from medical professionals, researchers, and academia about the mental health effects of COVID-19. The panel will explore the effects of COVID-19 on adults, addressing isolation, job loss, function, and their ability to work. Children are also affected; the panel will discuss isolation, lack of educational structure, interruption in special education services, associated declines in school performance, and how mental health affects a child’s ability to succeed.
Moderating the forum is Dr. Robert E. Drake, MD, PhD, Vice President, Westat.
Confirmed panelists include:
Dr. Gary Bond, PhD, Senior Study Director, Westat
Dr. Emily A. Troyer, MD, Board-Certified General and Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist NIMH T32 Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biological Psychiatry & Neuroscience, University of California San Diego Department of Psychiatry Hong Laboratory
Dr. Calliope Holingue, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuropsychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Tami D. Benton, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Executive Director and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Rose Perry, Ph.D., Founder & Executive Director, Social Creatures
To participate in the forum, please register online by Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
We hope you can join us and we look forward to your participation. To learn more about the National Disability Forum, please visit www.ssa.gov/ndf/.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Buckner
Associate Commissioner
Office of Strategic and Digital Communications
(T) 410-965-1804
@SSAOutreach