State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2002
California
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration.
Effective date: January 1, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Welfare and Institutions Code, section 12000ff.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Social Security Administration field offices.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to every aged, blind, and disabled SSI recipient, including children.
Resource limitations: Federal SSI resource limitations apply.
Income exclusions: Federal SSI income exclusions apply.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Responsibility of relatives: None.
Interim assistance: State participates.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | State code | Combined federal and state |
State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | ||
Living independently with cooking facilities | A | ||||
Aged and disabled | 750.00 | 1,332.00 | 205.00 | 515.00 | |
Blind | 812.00 | 1,544.00 a | 267.00 | 727.00 | |
Receiving nonmedical out-of-home care | B | 918.00 | 1,836.00 | 373.00 | 1,019.00 |
Living independently without cooking facilities | C | ||||
Aged and disabled | 829.00 | 1,490.00 | 284.00 | 673.00 | |
Blind | 812.00 | 1,544.00 | 267.00 | 727.00 | |
Living in the household of another | D | ||||
Aged and disabled | 574.00 | 1,091.00 | 210.66 | 546.33 | |
Blind | 650.00 | 1,304.00 b | 286.66 | 759.33 | |
Disabled minor in home of parent, guardian, or relative by marriage | E | 643.00 | . . . | 98.00 | . . . |
Receiving nonmedical out-of-home care, living in the household of another | F | 736.00 | 1,513.00 | 372.66 | 968.33 |
Disabled minor in the household of another | G | 456.00 | . . . | 92.66 | . . . |
Medicaid facility | J | 47.00 | 94.00 | 17.00 | 34.00 |
NOTES: Blind individuals aged 65 or older are entitled to the highest payment category for which they qualify.
. . . = not applicable.
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a. Payment level for a couple in which only one member is blind is $1,465. | |||||
b. Payment level for a couple in which only one member is blind is $1,223. | |||||
DEFINITIONS:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | State code | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled | |
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Adults | Children | |||||
All recipients | 1,093,680 | 333,230 | 19,430 | 629,970 | 111,050 | |
Living independently with cooking facilities | A | 837,880 | 280,160 | 17,520 | 517,400 | 22,800 |
Nonmedical out-of-home care | B | 60,090 | 6,730 | 600 | 46,290 | 6,470 |
Living independently without cooking facilities | C | 35,970 | 3,570 | 0 | 32,080 | 320 |
Living in the household of another | D | 65,580 | 38,270 | 1,080 | 23,800 | 2,430 |
Disabled minor in home of parent, guardian, or relative by marriage | E | 75,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75,000 |
Nonmedical out-of-home care, living in the household of another | F | 2,150 | 440 | 0 | 1,460 | 250 |
Disabled minor in the household of another | G | 1,890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,890 |
Medicaid facility | J | 15,120 | 4,060 | 230 | 8,940 | 1,890 |
State Assistance for Special Needs
Administration
Health and Welfare Agency, Department of Social Services.
Special Needs Circumstances
Maintenance for guide dog: Eligible recipients with guide, signal, or other service dogs receive $50 per month in state aid to pay for dog food and other costs associated with the dog's maintenance.
In-home supportive services: Supportive services (i.e., certain domestic and personal care services) are provided to eligible aged, blind, and disabled persons who cannot perform the services themselves and who cannot safely remain in their own home unless such services are provided.
Medicaid
Eligibility
Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).
Determined by: Social Security Administration.
Medically Needy Program
State provides a program for the aged, blind, and disabled medically needy.
Unpaid Medical Expenses
The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.