State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2007

Washington

Administration: State administration.

Administration: State Department of Social and Health Services.

Effective date: January 1, 1974.

Statutory basis for payment: State law in Revised Code of Washington 74.04.600-74.04.630 and state policy in Washington Administrative Code 388-474.

Administration: State funds.

Assistance: State funds.

Passalong method: Maintaining total expenditures.

Place of application: Social Security Administration field offices.

Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all needy aged and blind persons with an ineligible spouse, including children.

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 calculation method: The state supplementation is added to the federal payment.

Payment levels: See Table 1.

Table 1. Optional state supplementation payment levels, January 2007 (in dollars)
Living arrangement	Combined federal and state		State supplementation
Living arrangement	Individual	Couple	Individual	Couple
Living independently ^a	669.00	1,026.00	46.00	92.00
Living with an ineligible spouse ^b	669.00	. . .	46.00	. . .
Living in the household of another	461.34	714.67	46.00	92.00
Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse	461.34	. . .	46.00	. . .
Medicaid facility	53.68	107.36	23.68	47.36
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Income Security Programs; state information.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. Includes persons in congregate care group facilities.
b. Applies only to cases converted from former state assistance programs.
DEFINITIONS: Living independently Applies to recipients residing in a federal Code A or C living arrangement unless they are living with an ineligible spouse or temporarily residing in a medical institution. Living with an ineligible spouse Applies to recipients who are living independently with a spouse who does not qualify for SSI payments. Living in the household of another Applies to recipients residing in a federal Code B living arrangement unless they are living with an ineligible spouse or temporarily residing in a medical institution. Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse Includes recipients residing in a federal Code B living arrangement who have an ineligible spouse. Medicaid facility Includes recipients residing in a federal Code D living arrangement.

Number of recipients: See Table 2.

Table 2. Number of persons receiving optional state supplementation, January 2007
Living arrangement	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled
All recipients	30,705 ^a	25,799	751	4,100
Living independently	--	--	--	0
Living with an ineligible spouse	--	--	--	4,100
Living in the household of another	--	--	--	0
Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse	--	--	--	0
Medicaid facility	--	--	--	0
SOURCE: State information.
NOTE: -- = not available.
a. Includes 55 recipients converted from former state program.

State Department of Social and Health Services, Economic Services Administration, Division of Employment and Assistance Programs.

Guide dog: Food for service animal at the rate of $33.66 per month.

Telephone: Amount varies according to need and location.

Laundry: $11.13 per month.

Restaurant meals: $187.09 per month; $6.04 per day.

Home-delivered meals: The amount charged by the agency delivering the service.

Criteria: SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).

Determined by: Social Security Administration.

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

The Social Security Administration obtains this information.