Administration: State Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services.
Administration: State Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services.
Effective date: January 1, 1974.
Supplemental aid to the blind: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 209.
All other supplementation: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 208.030, subchapter 5.
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: State offices of the Division of Family Services.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to any person who:
Aged and disabled: $999.99 individual; $2,000 couple.
Blind: $2,000 individual; $4,000 couple.
Income exclusions: There are no income exclusions for the aged or disabled unless they are employed at a sheltered workshop. Disregards for the blind include the first $65 plus one-half of the remainder of earned income.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Financial responsibility of relatives: Spouse for spouse.
Interim assistance: State participates.
Payment calculation method: A standard applies that is established by the state for the total SSI payment. The federal SSI payment and any countable income are deducted from the state standard. The remainder is the state supplementation.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | Combined federal and state | State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
Licensed residential care facility, Level I | 759.00 | 1,216.00 | 156.00 | 312.00 |
Licensed residential care facility, Level II | 895.00 | 1,488.00 | 292.00 | 584.00 |
Licensed intermediate care or skilled nursing home a | 993.00 | 1,684.00 | 390.00 | 780.00 |
Aid to the blind | b | b | b | b |
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Income Security Programs; state information. | ||||
a. Recipients in licensed nursing homes are entitled to an additional $25 per month to meet their personal needs. If the recipient is already receiving a personal needs allowance from another state or federal agency, this payment will not be made by the Division of Family Services. | ||||
b. Recipients receive a maximum combined federal and state payment of $510 for an individual and $1,020 for a couple. | ||||
DEFINITIONS:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled |
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All recipients | 7,662 | 4,337 | 1 | 3,324 |
Licensed residential care facility, Level I | 1,941 | 602 | 0 | 1,339 |
Licensed residential care facility, Level II | 5,528 | 3,612 | 0 | 1,916 |
Licensed intermediate care or skilled nursing home | 192 | 123 | 0 | 69 |
Aid to the blind | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SOURCE: State information. |
State does not provide assistance for special needs.
Criteria: State guidelines.
Determined by: State.
State does not provide a program for the medically needy.
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.