Administration: Social Security Administration.
Administration: Department of Aging and Department of Jobs and Family Services (state-administered through local area agencies on aging).
Effective date: July 15, 1982.
Statutory basis for payment: House Bill 694.
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Passport agencies.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to aged, blind, and disabled recipients residing in the specified living arrangements (see Table 1). Eligibility is also extended to persons who are not SSI recipients. Children under age 18 are not eligible for supplementation.
Resource limitations: Countable resources may not exceed $1,500 for an individual and $2,250 for a couple. Household goods and personal effects are excluded. One automobile may also be excluded if it meets the following conditions:
Income exclusions: Cost-of-living increases for SSI recipients after July 15, 1982, are disregarded. Earned income exclusions apply. Effective January 1, 2001, the disregard is $236 for an individual and $355 for a couple.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Responsibility of relatives: None.
Interim assistance: State participates.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | Combined federal and state | State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
Adult family or foster home a | 1,051.00 | 1,976.00 | 506.00 | 1,159.00 |
Adult community mental health housing | 851.00 | 1,576.00 | 306.00 | 759.00 |
Adult community alternative home | 1,051.00 | 1,976.00 | 506.00 | 1,159.00 |
Adult group home a | 1,151.00 | 2,176.00 | 606.00 | 1,359.00 |
Residential care facility a | 1,151.00 | 2,176.00 | 606.00 | 1,359.00 |
Adult residential facility | 1,051.00 | 1,976.00 | 506.00 | 1,159.00 |
a. Includes a personal needs allowance of $50 per individual, $100 per couple. | ||||
DEFINITIONS:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Disabled |
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All recipients | 2,546 | 903 | 1,643 |
Adult family home | 484 | 122 | 362 |
Adult foster home | 115 | 57 | 58 |
Adult community mental health housing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adult community alternative home | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Adult group home | 1,246 | 408 | 838 |
Adult residential care facility | 699 | 315 | 384 |
State does not provide assistance for special needs unless the recipient is eligible for Medicaid.
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.