U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy

State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2007

(released February 2008)
 

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Contact Information

Questions about the report should be directed to Sherry Barber at 410-965-9851 or ssi.st.asst@ssa.gov. For additional copies of this report, please e-mail op.publications@ssa.gov or call 202-358-6274.

Selected Features of State Assistance Programs, January 2007

NOTE: These data are for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

State Supplementation

Number of states that provide—
Both mandatory and optional supplementation 29
Mandatory supplementation only 5
Optional supplementation only (no recipients in mandatory supplementation) 16
No supplementation 1
Mandatory supplementation: number of states with—
Federal administration 19
State administration 14
No recipients to supplement 17
No mandatory supplementation program 1
Optional supplementation: number of states with—
Federal administration 9
State administration 30
Federal and state administration 6
No optional supplementation program 6

Interim Assistance Reimbursement (IAR) Program

Number of states that—
Participate in program 38
Do not participate in program 13

Medicaid Program

Number of states that have—
Federal determination of eligibility, federal SSI criteria 33
State determination of eligibility 17
Federal SSI criteria 7
State criteria 10
County determination of eligibility, state criteria 1

Preface

This report provides data on selected characteristics of state assistance programs for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients as of January 1, 2007. The programs are state supplementation of federal SSI payments (mandatory and optional), state assistance for special needs, and Medicaid. The characteristics selected for each program are those about which the Social Security Administration (SSA) receives questions most often from individuals, public and private organizations, and federal and state agencies. The program details are explained in the "Guide to Reading the State Summaries."

The report focuses on eligibility provisions and levels of assistance for individuals and couples, by living arrangements, who receive supplementary payments in each state and in the District of Columbia. Payment levels shown are the maximum amounts possible for these living arrangements. The report also presents information about federal and state administrative responsibilities for making payments, state criteria for special needs payments, and Medicaid eligibility.

Sherry Barber of the Division of SSI Statistics and Analysis collected and compiled the data. Staff of the Division of Information Resources edited the report and prepared the print and electronic versions for publication.

The Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the state agency personnel and the Social Security Administration's central office policy analysts in providing this information.

Susan Grad
Acting Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
February 2008

Table of Contents

Program information is available by state or region.

The following files are available for this document in the given formats:
Entire document
PDF.
Guide to Reading the State Summaries and Summary Tables
HTML. PDF.

Program Information by State

Alabama
HTML. PDF.
Alaska
HTML. PDF.
Arizona
HTML. PDF.
Arkansas
HTML. PDF.
California
HTML. PDF.
Colorado
HTML. PDF.
Connecticut
HTML. PDF.
Delaware
HTML. PDF.
District of Columbia
HTML. PDF.
Florida
HTML. PDF.
Georgia
HTML. PDF.
Hawaii
HTML. PDF.
Idaho
HTML. PDF.
Illinois
HTML. PDF.
Indiana
HTML. PDF.
Iowa
HTML. PDF.
Kansas
HTML. PDF.
Kentucky
HTML. PDF.
Louisiana
HTML. PDF.
Maine
HTML. PDF.
Maryland
HTML. PDF.
Massachusetts
HTML. PDF.
Michigan
HTML. PDF.
Minnesota
HTML. PDF.
Mississippi
HTML. PDF.
Missouri
HTML. PDF.
Montana
HTML. PDF.
Nebraska
HTML. PDF.
Nevada
HTML. PDF.
New Hampshire
HTML. PDF.
New Jersey
HTML. PDF.
New Mexico
HTML. PDF.
New York
HTML. PDF.
North Carolina
HTML. PDF.
North Dakota
HTML. PDF.
Ohio
HTML. PDF.
Oklahoma
HTML. PDF.
Oregon
HTML. PDF.
Pennsylvania
HTML. PDF.
Rhode Island
HTML. PDF.
South Carolina
HTML. PDF.
South Dakota
HTML. PDF.
Tennessee
HTML. PDF.
Texas
HTML. PDF.
Utah
HTML. PDF.
Vermont
HTML. PDF.
Virginia
HTML. PDF.
Washington
HTML. PDF.
West Virginia
HTML. PDF.
Wisconsin
HTML. PDF.
Wyoming
HTML. PDF.

Program Information by Region

Region 1 (Boston)
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
PDF.
Region 2 (New York)
New Jersey and New York
PDF.
Region 3 (Philadelphia)
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
PDF.
Region 4 (Atlanta)
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
PDF.
Region 5 (Chicago)
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
PDF.
Region 6 (Dallas)
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
PDF.
Region 7 (Kansas City)
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
PDF.
Region 8 (Denver)
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
PDF.
Region 9 (San Francisco)
Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada
PDF.
Region 10 (Seattle)
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
PDF.

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