State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2002
Alaska
State Supplementation
Mandatory State Supplementation
Administration: Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance.
Effective date: January 1, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Alaska Statutes 47.25.430, as amended by State Legislative Amendments 1993, chapter 29.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Local offices of the state Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to needy aged, blind, and disabled persons except those in the Alaska Pioneers' Home, in any nonmedical public institution, or in public or private institutions for mental disorders. Children under age 18 are not eligible for optional supplementation.
Resource limitations: Same as federal.
Income exclusions: Same as federal; in-kind income is also excluded.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Responsibility of relatives: Child for aged parent.
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 | |
Living independently | 907.00 | 1,345.00 | 362.00 | 528.00 |
Living independently with an ineligible spouse | 1,066.00 | . . . | 521.00 | . . . |
Living in the household of another | 731.34 | 1,087.67 | 368.00 | 543.00 |
Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse | 827.34 | . . . | 464.00 | . . . |
Living in a Medicaid facility | 75.00 | 150.00 | 45.00 | 90.00 |
NOTE: . . . = not applicable. | ||||
DEFINITIONS:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled |
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All recipients | 14,640 | 4,731 | 89 | 9,820 |
Living independently | 13,496 | 4,439 | 84 | 8,973 |
Living independently with an ineligible spouse | 624 | 137 | 5 | 482 |
Living in the household of another | 432 | 126 | 0 | 306 |
Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Living in a Medicaid facility | 79 | 28 | 0 | 51 |
NOTE: Includes certain grandfathered, non-SSI recipients who meet state eligibility criteria. Excludes children, who are not eligible for optional state supplementation. |
State Assistance for Special Needs
State does not provide assistance for special needs.
Medicaid
Eligibility
Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).
Determined by: State.
Medically Needy Program
State does not provide a program for the medically needy.
Unpaid Medical Expenses
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.