State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2004

Utah

No recipients.

Administration: Social Security Administration.

Effective date: July 1, 1978.

Statutory basis for payment: Appropriation Act for the Department of Workforce Services, 1978/1979.

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 all SSI recipients, including children, who are living alone or with others.

Resource limitations: Federal SSI regulations apply.

Income exclusions: Federal SSI regulations apply.

Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.

Financial responsibility of relatives: None.

Interim assistance: State participates.

Payment levels: See Table 1.

Table 1. Optional state supplementation payment levels, January 2004 (in dollars)
Living arrangement	State code	Combined federal and state		State supplementation
Living arrangement	State code	Individual	Couple	Individual	Couple
Living alone or with others	A	564.00	850.60	0	4.60
Living in the household of another	B	379.13	573.73	3.13	9.73
DEFINITIONS: A: Living alone or with others Includes recipients residing in a federal Code A living arrangement. B: Living in the household of another Includes recipients residing in a federal Code B living arrangement.

Number of recipients: See Table 2.

Table 2. Number of persons receiving optional state supplementation, January 2004
Living arrangement	State code	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled
Living arrangement	State code	Total	Aged	Blind	Adults	Children
All recipients		1,590	380	10	990	210
Living alone or with others	A	670	290	0	380	0
Living in the household of another	B	920	90	10	610	210

State does not provide assistance for special needs.

Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).

Determined by: State.

State provides a program for the aged, blind, and disabled medically needy.

The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.