State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2009
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 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 | Combined federal and state | State supplementation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Couple | Individual | Couple | |
| Living independently | 699.00 | 1,066.60 | 25.00 | 55.60 |
| Living in the household of another | 477.14 | 735.14 | 27.80 | 61.14 |
| SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Income Security Programs; state information. | ||||
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Number of recipients: See Table 2.
| Living arrangement | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | ||||
| All recipients | 2,869 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Living independently | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Living in the household of another | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SOURCE: State information. | |||||
| NOTE: -- = not available. | |||||
Total expenditures: The state reported expenditures of $852,622.64 for calendar year 2008 in state-administered payments to SSI recipients.
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.