State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2007
Delaware
State Supplementation
Mandatory Minimum Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration.
Optional State Supplementation
Administration: Social Security Administration administers payments to recipients living in an adult residential care facility or assisted living facility; the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services administers payments to recipients living independently. Delaware Department of Health and Social Services determines eligibility for special adult residential care supplement.
Effective date: January 1, 1974.
Statutory basis for payment: Delaware Code, title 31, section 505.
Funding
Administration: State funds.
Assistance: State funds.
Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.
Place of application: Social Security Administration.
Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to aged, blind, and disabled adults who are SSI recipients, or would be except for income, and live in an approved adult residential care and assisted living facilities. Children under age 18 are not eligible for supplementation but may receive benefits and services under the child welfare program.
Resource limitations: None.
Income exclusions: None.
Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.
Financial responsibility of relatives: None.
Interim assistance: State participates.
Payment calculation method: A standard applies that is established by the state for the total SSI payment. The federal SSI payment and any countable income are deducted from the state standard. The remainder is the state supplementation.
Payment levels: See Table 1.
Living arrangement | State code | Combined federal and state | State supplementation | ||
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Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | ||
Certified adult residential care facility | A | 763.00 | 1,382.00 | 140.00 | 448.00 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Office of Income Security Programs. | |||||
DEFINITION:
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
Living arrangement | State code | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled | |
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Adults | Children a | |||||
Certified adult residential care facility | A | 684 b | 44 | 11 | 566 | 57 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||
a. Benefits received under child welfare program. | ||||||
b. Includes 6 recipients whose living arrangement was not properly coded. |
State Assistance for Special Needs
Administration
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.
Special Needs Circumstances
State provides cash assistance for specific emergencies on a one-time basis.
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.