Jen Burdick
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Jen Burdick
@jen-burdick.bsky.social
Legal aid lawyer @CLS Philadelphia focusing on SSA. Mother of two kids and two cats. Views are my own.
Reposted by Jen Burdick
Lots more information on transition-age SSI youth, their outcomes, research on improving the transition to adulthood, and ideas for reform in the paper!

Please give it a read: www.cbpp.org/research/soc...
Low-Income Disabled Youth Face Significant Challenges Upon Coming of Age
More than 4 in 10 SSI youth lose their benefits when they turn 18 because they have not demonstrated that they meet SSI’s stringent adult definition of disability, even if they continue to have health...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM