Medical Review Team (MRT), PO-19676-820 (Published November 19, 2019)
The Disability Advocacy Program (DAP) is a Social Service Program established by the Department of Human Services (DHS) in 1985. DAP advocates provide services to help recipients with disabilities through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) application and appeal process.
Advocates intervene on behalf of recipients who are disabled during the following phases of the DAP process:
Assisting with the initial SSI/SSDI application.
Intervening on behalf of a recipient who failed to file the initial SSI/SSDI application on his own.
Assisting a recipient through the appeal process once he receives the initial denial. Many of these recipients complete the initial SSI/SSDI application on their own.
To enable DHS to claim federal financial participation, Medicaid recipients referred to DAP must be in category PH, PJ, or TJ.
Reissued September 19, 2012, replacing March 16, 2012