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State Supplemental Payments

Some States pay a supplement based on:

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your living arrangement;

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your disability; or

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your geographical location

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your geographical location

There are 2 Types of Income for SSI

Earned Income Unearned Income

Earned Income n Wages n Self employment n Royalties Sheltered workshop n Social Security n Unemployment n Interest n Gifts n Sheltered workshop 

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What Income Does Not Count?

We do not count:

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How is ISM Counted?

We count ISM in one of two ways: n If you live in another person’s household and  do not pay for food and shelter you get from  the household, we reduce your SSI benefit by  1/3 (VTR)  ($244.33).

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What are SSI Resources?

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First of the Month Rule

• The SSI resource determination is made as of  th “fi t t f th th ” the “first moment of the month.” • That value applies during the rest of the  month. • If the value of resources changes during the  month it is not considered until the first month, it is not considered until the first  moment of the next month.

Distinction Between Income and Resources

• Anything received during a month is evaluated under  income counting rules in that month

income‐counting rules in that month.

• If that item is retained until the following month, it is  evaluated under resource‐counting rules in the  following month.

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Living Arrangements

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You are in a hospital or nursing home

You are in a hospital or nursing home 

for a whole month and Medicaid pays 

over 1/2 of the bill ($30 maximum).

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You are in an institution run by 

Federal, State or local government for

Federal, State or local government for 

a month (Ineligible).

Residents of Public Institutions

n Under the Social Security Act, inmates of 

bli i tit ti ll t li ibl f

public institutions generally are not eligible for  SSI.

n There are some exceptions, but the exceptions 

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Children's Income Issues

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families • Foster Care • Adoption Assistance • Child Care • Child Support • Student Earned Income Exclusion

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 

(TANF)

• TANF replaced AFDC in 1996 • Uses income as a factor of eligibility • Partially funded by Federal block grants • Simultaneous eligibility for TANF and SSI okay • TANF in categorized as “income based on need”  (IBON) and counted dollar for dollar for SSI (IBON) and counted dollar for dollar for SSI

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Foster Care

• For SSI, payment to care provider to meet the  d f th i di id l i needs of the individual in care • Treatment for SSI depends on the funding  source, purpose and whether the recipient is  the provider or recipient of care

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Adoption Assistance

• Adoption assistance programs provide  t d/ i t b i payments and/or services to remove barriers  and increase adoption of children with special  needs • Treatment for SSI depends on source of the  funding and purpose of the paymentsg p p p y

Title IV‐E Adoption Assistance

• Change in the law effective 10/01/09 • “Applicable Child” –Meets age requirements –Been in foster care for at least 60 months –Sibling of an applicable child

• Cash payments made to adoptive parents on

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Title IV‐E Adoption Assistance

• “Non‐applicable child” –Meets old eligibility requirements –Needs‐based payments and Federal funding • Counted dollar for dollar as income based on  need (IBON) for SSI, not subject to $20 GIE

• Kinship Guardian Assistance payments

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Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care

The claimant may file an SSI application if he or she:

• lives in a foster care situation

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Exclusion for 2015

• SSI recipient must be regularly attending  h l school • Exclude up to $1780/month of earned  income, up to a calendar year total of $7,180

Continued Payment under

Vocational Rehabilitation Plan –

Section 301

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Continuation benefits after found to be no  longer disabled ‐ medical recovery ‐ if  participating in an approved vocational 

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Vocational Rehabilitation Plan

-Section 301

h b h • Person must have begun participating in the  program before the date his/her disability  ceased. • Social Security determines whether a person’s  completion of program, or continuation in  program for a specified period of time, will  increase likelihood that person will not have to  return to disability or blindness benefit rolls.

Plan for Achieving Self‐Support (PASS)

ELEMENTS OF A PASS

• Be in writing (SSA 545) • State a job goal or VR evaluation • Contain a reasonable and measurable  timeframe

• List expenses that are necessary to achieve

• List expenses that are necessary to achieve  the work goal

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SSI Beneficiaries

• The Ticket program is voluntary.  It provides: 

• Increase choice of employment services

• Local benefit planning services

• Simpler process to restart benefits if disability  again prevents continuing employment

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