State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2002
Maine
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: Department of Human Services.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: Department of Human Services.
Effective date: July 1, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Maine Revised Statutes, title 22, subtitle 3, part 1-A, chapter 855-A.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining total expenditures.
Place of application: Local offices of the Department of Human Services.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all aged, blind, and disabled SSI recipients, including children. In addition, a small number of persons not eligible for SSI are eligible for a state supplement.
Resource limitations: Same as federal.
Income exclusions: Federal SSI income exclusions used for all living arrangements. In addition, for those living alone, with others, or in the household of another, the state disregards an additional $55 for individuals and $80 for couples.
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 | |
Living alone or with others | 555.00 | 832.00 | 10.00 | 15.00 |
Living in the household of another | 371.34 | 556.67 | 8.00 | 12.00 |
Living in a foster home | 594.00 | 1,090.00 | 49.00 | 273.00 |
Living in a flat-rate boarding home | 762.00 | 1,407.00 | 217.00 | 590.00 |
Living in a cost-reimbursement boarding home | 764.00 | 1,438.00 | 219.00 | 621.00 |
Living in a Medicaid facility | 40.00 | 80.00 | 10.00 | 20.00 |
DEFINITIONS:
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Number of recipients: In January 2002, 34,977 people were receiving optional state supplementation. Of those, 6,342 were aged, 119 were blind, and 28,536 were disabled. Their distribution by living arrangements is as follows:
Living arrangement | Number |
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Living alone or with others | 31,624 |
Living in the household of another | 491 |
Living in a foster home | 521 |
Living in a flat-rate boarding home | 46 |
Living in a cost-reimbursement boarding home | 2,067 |
Living in a Medicaid facility | 228 |
State Assistance for Special Needs
Administration
Department of Human Services.
Special Needs Circumstances
Licensed boarding home subsidies: When costs of care exceed total of SSI and state supplementary payments, state will pay the difference up to established maximum rates.
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 Department of Human Services obtains this information.