i hope this is the right flair and apologize if not. the list of flairs is very long and confusing and i do not understand them.

my roommate had a hearing with an ALJ in early February which ended early due to her lawyer needing to provide an extra piece of documentation from a current doctor. however she was told her case was very good, providing the documentation was a formality not actually revelant to her primary disabling condition, and she would probably get approved. however, she has not heard anything from her lawyer or received any mail or calls from the SSA since then. she is struggling extremely hard as she has no income and is incapable of any work.

i understand there have been massive workforce cuts at the SSA and there are more planned financial and workforce cuts for the future. do these potentially have to do with the radio silence? whether they do or not, is there any way to assess the likelihood of her case actually being approved and her receiving payments? i understand we are on a bit of a time crunch, since the program may be radically changed or cut in the near future, and getting in under the wire may be critical to getting any sort of money saved up in the next few months to live on. is there anyone i could help her contact to get more insight on this and either expedite the process, or at least *know* beforehand if the situation ends up being that she will not receive any income and we will have to find other ways to help her survive? i am also severely disabled and on SSI and so having as much time as possible to prepare is very important, we are both incapable of a lot of normal amounts of labor so we need months longer to prepare for emergencies than an abled person would.