Mission

The CCD Social Security Task Force focuses on disability policy issues in the Title II disability programs and the Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. The SSI and Title II cash benefits, along with the related Medicaid and Medicare benefits, are the means of survival for millions of individuals with severe disabilities. They rely on SSA to promptly and fairly adjudicate their applications for disability benefits and to handle many other actions critical to their well-being. The Social Security Task Force’s policy agenda focuses on:

• Ensuring that the impact on people with disabilities is considered and their interests are protected in Social Security and SSI policy debates.
• Advocating that SSA’s administrative budget be adequately funded so that SSA has sufficient resources for personnel and service needs.
• Monitoring proposed changes to the disability claims process.
• Advocating for legislation, regulations, and policy changes to improve, simplify, and update the Social Security and SSI disability programs, including work incentives.
• Maximizing employment opportunities for current and future disability beneficiaries while also doing no harm to existing critical income supports.

Co-chairs

• Jennifer Burdick
  Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
  215-981-3721 phone

• Jennifer Cronenberg
  National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR)

• Tracey Thomas Gronniger
  Justice in Aging
  202-683-1993 phone 

• Darcy Milburn
  The Arc of the United States

ACTIVITIES

Social Security Task Force CCD SSTF SSA Letter The undersigned organizations of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities’ (CCD) Social Security Task Force (SSTF) write to express our concerns about several ongoing developments at the Social Security Administration (SSA) that we believe will have a disproportionate impact on people with disabilities. We urge you to take steps to protect Social Security beneficiaries from administrative actions that threaten the performance, integrity, and long-term stability of SSA. (March 20,  2025) - Download [ PDF ] Social Security Task Force CCD SSTF Close Proximity of Time Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Temporary Final Rule (TFR) concerning Further Extension of the Flexibility In Evaluating “Close Proximity of Time” To Evaluate Ongoing Changes in Healthcare published at 90 Fed. Reg. 5582-5590 (Jan. 17, 2025). We laud SSAs decision to extend the flexibility in the “close proximity of time” standard through May 11, 2029. This extension will be useful to many SSDI and SSI disability applicants. (March 17,  2025) - Download [ PDF ] Social Security Task Force Annual Report - Social Security Task Force (January 13,  2025) - Download [ PDF ]