soar stands for ssi, ssdi, outreach, access, and recovery. it's a project that started in 2005 when the federal government was holding policy academies to address homelessness across the country. and almost, probably at least half of the states that participated in those policy academies said that one of their goals was to try and increase access to ssi or ssdi, but no one knew how to do it. when people are living outside or in the shelter, one of the key things that they need are an income in order to be able to find their own home and live in their own home. and a lot of folks that we serve don't come in with an income, but have a significant disability that would make them eligible for social security. for the clients that i work with, because of the mental health or substance abuse issues that they have, it's difficult for them to access the benefits and sometimes they don't even know that they are eligible for benefits. so making them aware of that is a key point sometimes. social security is set up that the people who want these benefit

ssi is historically are rife with problems. particularly children getting ssi.ith this when i worked on the welfare reform bill. if you want someone who as a long, storied track record, and a good one, of dealing with these issues -- when i was on the ways and means committee, i repeat reform bill. i was a ranking member on that subcommittee. when i came to the senate, i ended up managing the bill and working with president clinton and getting a bill signed after he vetoed it twice to end welfare. he bought read the programs, got rid of the federal entitlements. i was the principal author of it in the united states senate, managed the bill on the floor. we stopped the entitlements. we capped the funding. we would not allow any increase in funding. did the responsibility back to the states and set two requirements. there were two things i root refused to compromise on. work requirements and entitlements. poverty is not a disability. it is a temporary condition. the expectation is the government will give you a temporary hand and give you the assistance to turn yo

>> a u ssi bibi has been sentenced to death for speaking out. they dropped the effort in rez lugsz of 1618. some believe it too could be used to introduce blasphemy laws in europe and u.s. nina shay is the author of silence. >> they are asking the west to enforce criminal money punishments for blasphemy against islam. we are starting to see this actually be adopted in places like western europe, canada and australia. >> sekulow says his organization is fighting to keep it from being adopted. it could backfire and be misinterpreted. >> just the building of churches, having a cross outside your door can insight violence. if you let them define it when there is no problem, this is some how going to green-light their suppression. >> john jessup, cbn news, washington. >>> coming up, franklin graham talks about south sudan and why it maybe on the verge of war and what histry is doing to help. >> government of south sudan declared a disaster as thousands flee sectarian attacks. violence broke out in the town of ke bore. 3,000 people died and 100,000 fl

most of these people are on it as as i -- are on ssi. this would jeopardize the program. my name suggestion would be to leave in the nonprofit exemption or social enterprise exemption. >> one thing that i am more interested ideas about the non- profit exemption which is very broad and if there are perhaps a more narrow exemption that could accomplish the goals of this legislation while taking account into the needs of these very specialized programs. >> we came down and learn about it. we have a great time with your staff. thank you very much for including us. >> hello, i am from a social enterprise that has a history of training and employment for people with disabilities in san francisco. we really support the goals of consistency and consolidation. we have concerns about the unintended consequences that were spoken about for the people that we serve, people with disabilities, are around benefits and viability of our training program. we thank you for the offer to continue the dialogue and we will be in touch with gillian. >> thank you very much. >> speaking as a commun

term disability stipend which is modest, a couple thousand, middle-class, will go way and i will be on ssi-like income of a few hundred dollars a month. i am not unique. there are hundreds of not thousands of people like myself and it is not being talked about. i hope that can start getting into the discussion. i wish i had more time. i have met lgbt seniors committee dealing with hiv and aids living in their cars and homeless shelters, couch surfing, living in sro's. some of them are dealing with dementia, hiv related or not and giving the loss of their partners and espouses. i have personal experience. i am grateful to scott and the supervisor campos and supervisor delonte -- olague. the need is great for more services. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. kraska afternoon. -- good afternoon. i am 84 and a member of the senior leaders group of open house. previously i volunteered as a board member from both operation concerns and believe services for our community. when new leaf was forced to close due to lack of funding, i became concerned about what would happen, what would bec

term disability stipend which is modest, a couple thousand, middle-class, will go way and i will be on ssi-like income of a few hundred dollars a month. i am not unique. there are hundreds of not thousands of people like myself and it is not being talked about. i hope that can start getting into the discussion. i wish i had more time. i have met lgbt seniors committee dealing with hiv and aids living in their

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to grow the government, make sure we have more food stamps and more ssi and more medicaid. four and ten children are on government-provided health care. they just keep expanding. they are pushing harder and harder to get more and more of you dependent upon them so that they can get your vote. that's what the bottom line is. i don't want to make people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money and provide for themselves and their families. >> the opportunity to earn their own money? wow. what a concept. are black people the only ones to receive federal aid, mr. santorum? there's so many things wrong with what mr. santorum said. starting with the facts. most americans on food stamps, 34%, are white. 22% of food stamp recipients are black. and 17% are hispanic. ron paul is also getting into the hateful act. the libertarian said that he would not have voted for the civil rights act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination against women and blacks. including segregation. paul says it didn't help fight raci

ssi is historically rife with problems, particularly children getting ssi, and i dealt with this when i worked on the welfare reform bill. if you want somebody who has a long track record and a good one of dealing with these issues, when i was a house member of the ways and means committee, i wrote the welfare reform bill in the contract for america. i managed the bill on the senate and work with president clinton in getting a bill signed after he vetoed it twice to end welfare. we block grant that the program, got rid of federal entitlement, and i was the principal author of it in the senate, managed the bill on the floor. we stopped the entitlement. we kept the funding. we did not allow any increase in funding, gave the responsibility back to the states and said two require mets, that i refuse to compromise, was a work requirement and a time limit. poverty is not a disability. it is a temporary condition and the expectation is the government will give you a temporary and to turn her life around, but you will do so or if you will stop receiving benefits. guess what happened -- the we

to grow the government, to make sure we have more food stamps and more, you know, more ssi, and more medicaid. i don't want to make people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money. and provide for themselves and their families. >> that is the raw meat that he throws out on the campaign trail. for most of his career, santorum has really appealed to the deepest anxieties of social conservatives. he says he will annul all gay marriages as president. he says president obama should oppose abortion because he's black. he does not apologize for being a member of the far right wing and is very proud of it. a win for santorum, i guess you could say if he were to win in iowa, you could equate it to pat buchanan winning new hampshire in 1996. there's more to it than that. i've seen santorum on the stump. you may not like this, but he is very much like president obama. the crowd likes him. he pays attention to what the crowd says. he does a great job of retail politics. when someone in a crowd asks rick santorum a quest

to do reform of social security and medicare and medicaid and food stamps and housing programs and ssi. i was the author of the welfare reform act. that was serious dollars. earmarks are something that's focused in by people who simply aren't willing to take on the tough problems. i took on the tough problems. and i also said that when earmarks got abusive, we should end them. i agree with that. but the idea that earmarks are the problem in washington, d.c. is ridiculous. the problem are the entitlement programs and this desire to spend more money and that's what i've taken on in my career. i've been for the balanced budget aemth of the constitution. it's one of the major plugs of my campaign. you'll see someone as tough on spending as anybody. >> as you make that case in new hampshire, you know, you run into tea party people who disagree with you on earmarks. you mentioned entitlements. we've had this conversation in the past. you voted for the medicare prescription drug benefit. you say essentially you're holding your nose, you didn't lead the charge for that legislation but when it

many people get confused with the welfare -- with the welfare programs ssi.is not a social security program. it is obvious why you think it is because sssi sounds like social security. it is supplemental security income and is not a social maturity program. it is a general fund program. it is a program for people who are disabled or claim to be disabled. social security is a separate, supposedly, a separate trust fund and a separate revenue stream. your social security taxes, 12.4%, that the employer pays an 6.2% that you are supposed to pettitte but under president obama are only paying 4%. you are paying less. that money goes into an account and is used to pay benefits. right now, there's not enough money coming in to the social security system to pay social security benefits would go primarily to seniors who reached the age of eligibility which is roughly 66 right now. most seniors don't take social security at 66. they take it at 62. you have old age and survivor benefits. bad as someone who is a minor -- that someone was a minor my parent dies, they get

is to make more people dependent upon the government, to make sure we have more food stamps and more ssimedicaid. four in ten children are on government-provided health care. i was talking to someone who works for the welfare here and said that the state of iowa is going to get fined if they don't sign up for people under the medicaid program. they are fighting to get more and more of you to get your vote. that's what the bottom line is. i don't want to make people' lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money and provide for themselves and their families. and the best way to do that is to get the manufacturing sector of the economy rolling again. >> so it's the last little bit of that that got under your skin? >> yes. he talks about african-americans. he actually talks about blacks. >> i wasn't there. >> then, of course, you look at the state of iowa, 84% of the state who get assistance, they are not white. they are african-americans. you reinforce this view, oh, food stamps, i think if you look at unemployment benef

residents pay social security and are eligible for benefits upon retirement but excluded from ssi andd receives a small fraction of the medicaid funding it would receive if it were a u.s. state. we have a little bit more information. charles arlinghaus, last call is from virginia beach. ruby, a republican. caller: i am calling because there is a gentleman -- and i thought this man could tell me -- running for president who used to be a former governor of a southern state and a former u.s. house representative, and i think his name starts with a b. he received 31 votes in iowa and he is in wisconsin running. he is getting wrote -- votes but nobody lets him debate. why is that? guest: i think the candidate you are referring to is buddy roemer, who was wanted the governor and congressmen of louisiana. in an odd 1 cents with another caller, was ousted from his governorship in a primary that included david duke. and i think edwin edwards might have won that race. why is he not getting much support? he is not in the debates because he is not getting much support. 31 votes in iowa and he had