State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2005

Wyoming

State Supplementation

Mandatory Minimum Supplementation

Administration: State Department of Family Services, Economic Assistance.

Optional State Supplementation

Administration: State Department of Family Services, Economic Assistance.

Effective date: July 1, 1977.

Statutory basis for payment: Wyoming Statutes 42-2-103.

Funding

Administration: State funds.

Assistance: State funds.

Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.

Place of application: No application required. State uses computerized information from the Social Security Administration to identify eligible recipients.

Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all aged, blind, and disabled persons who receive SSI as the sole source of their income and live independently or in the household of another. Blind and disabled children may be eligible for supplementation.

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 does not participate.

Payment levels: See Table 1.

Table 1. Optional state supplementation payment levels, January 2005 (in dollars)
Living arrangement	Combined federal and state		State supplementation
Living arrangement	Individual	Couple	Individual	Couple
Living independently	589.44	895.48	10.44	26.48
Living in the household of another	399.24	611.36	13.24	32.02
DEFINITIONS: Living independently Includes only SSI recipients who reside in a federal Code A living arrangement and have no federal countable income. Living in the household of another Includes only SSI recipients who reside in a federal Code B living arrangement and have no federal countable income.

Number of recipients: See Table 2.

Table 2. Number of persons receiving optional state supplementation, January 2005
Living arrangement	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled
Living arrangement	Total	Aged	Blind	Adults	Children
All recipients	2,700	--	--	--	--
Living independently	--	--	--	--	--
Living in the household of another	--	--	--	--	--
NOTE: -- = not available.

State Assistance for Special Needs

State does not provide assistance for special needs.

Medicaid

Eligibility

Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).

Determined by: Social Security Administration.

Medically Needy Program

State does not provide a program for the medically needy.

Unpaid Medical Expenses

The Social Security Administration obtains this information.