Administration: Arizona Department of Economic Security; Aging Adult Administration and Family Assistance Administration.
Administration: Arizona Department of Economic Security; Aging Adult Administration and Family Assistance Administration.
Effective date: May 9, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Arizona Revised Statutes 46:252.
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Area Agencies on Aging, Catholic Social Services, other designated contracting agencies, and local offices of state Department of Economic Security. County Health Department Long-Term Care Unit and city Human Resources Departments arrange home interviews (if needed) or refer to appropriate agencies.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all SSI recipients who require assistance with housekeeping. Children under age 18 are not eligible for optional supplementation.
Resource limitations: Federal SSI regulations apply.
Income exclusions: Federal SSI regulations apply.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Financial responsibility of relatives: None.
Interim assistance: State participates.
Payment calculation method: The state supplementation is added to the federal payment. Countable income is deducted first from the federal payment. Any income that remains to be counted after the federal payment has been reduced to zero is then deducted from the state supplementary payment.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | Combined federal and state | State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
Requires housekeeping services a | 693.00 | 1,004.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Income Security Programs; state information. | ||||
a. Services may be provided in lieu of cash grants. Services and cash benefits are the same for individuals and couples. | ||||
DEFINITION:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled |
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All recipients | 370 | -- | -- | -- |
Requires housekeeping services | -- | -- | -- | -- |
SOURCE: State information. | ||||
NOTE: Data for 2007 were not available. -- = not available. |
Total expenditures: The state reported expenditures of $82,037,973 for calendar year 2006 in state-administered payments to SSI recipients.
Arizona Department of Economic Security.
Visiting nurse services: Up to $160 in vendor payments per month for any aged SSI recipient who is 65 years or older when medical findings substantiate need.
Home health services: Up to $160 in vendor payments per month for any aged SSI recipient who is 65 years or older when medical findings substantiate need.
Medical assistance is provided through a Title XIX authorized demonstration program—the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)—which is more limited in scope than Medicaid.
Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).
Determined by: Social Security Administration.
Arizona Department of Health Services provides funds for the medically needy.
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.