State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2002
Michigan
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: State Family Independence Agency administers optional supplementation for recipients living independently or living in the household of another. All other supplementation is administered by the Social Security Administration.
Effective date: January 1, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Michigan Compiled Laws, chapter 400, act 280, as amended, section 400-10.
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 SSI recipients, including children, except those residing in medical facilities not certified under Medicaid.
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 a | . . . | 559.00 | 845.00 | 14.00 | 28.00 |
Living in the household of another a | . . . | 372.67 | 563.33 | 9.33 | 18.66 |
Living in domiciliary care | D | 632.00 | 1,264.00 | 87.00 | 447.00 |
Living in a personal care facility | E | 702.50 | 1,405.00 | 157.50 | 588.00 |
Living in a home for the aged | F | 724.30 | 1,448.60 | 179.30 | 631.60 |
Living independently with an essential person b | G | 832.00 | 1,111.00 | 14.00 | 21.00 |
Living in the household of another with an essential person b | H | 554.67 | 740.67 | 9.33 | 14.00 |
Living in a Medicaid facility | I | 37.00 | 74.00 | 7.00 | 14.00 |
NOTE: . . . = not applicable. | |||||
a. State administers payments. | |||||
b. Payment levels for essential person apply only to cases converted from the state rolls in 1974. | |||||
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 | 210,340 | a | a | a | a | |
Living independently or living in the household of another | . . . | 192,320 | a | a | a | a |
Living in domiciliary care | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Living in a personal care facility | E | 14,940 | 540 | 110 | 13,470 | 820 |
Living in a home for the aged | F | 910 | 370 | 0 | 540 | 0 |
Living independently with an essential person | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Living in the household of another with an essential person | H | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Living in a Medicaid facility | I | 2,150 | 300 | 0 | 1,680 | 170 |
NOTE: . . . = not applicable. | ||||||
a. Data by eligibility category are not available. |
State Assistance for Special Needs
Administration
Family Independence Agency.
Special Needs Circumstances
Personal care and home help: For recipients living independently, payment for help required with personal care and household activities (maximum of $333 per month).
State emergency relief: Services provided for a number of needs arising from specific acceptable causes beyond the recipient's resources to control. Acceptable causes include:
- Fires, floods, and other physical disasters;
- Eviction or foreclosure;
- Mechanical failure of essential appliances;
- Home repairs necessary to protect health; and
- Utility shutoff.
State disability assistance: SSI recipients are eligible if state disability assistance standards indicate that their needs are greater than their SSI payment plus other income.
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.