State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2002
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- Contact Information
- Accessibility and Usability Information
- Selected Features of State Assistance Programs, January 2002
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Other Editions of this Publication
Contact Information
For questions pertaining to this report, please call Sherry Barber at
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Selected Features of State Assistance Programs, January 2002
NOTE: These data are for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
State Supplementation
Number of states that provide— | |
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Both mandatory and optional supplementation | 34 |
Mandatory supplementation only | 5 |
Optional supplementation only (no recipients in mandatory supplementation) | 11 |
No supplementation | 1 |
Mandatory supplementation: number of states with— | |
Federal administration | 21 |
State administration | 18 |
No recipients to supplement | 11 |
No mandatory supplementation program | 1 |
Optional supplementation: number of states with— | |
Federal administration | 11 |
State administration | 29 |
Federal and state administration | 5 |
No optional supplementation program | 6 |
Interim Assistance Reimbursement (IAR) Program
Number of states that— | |
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Participate in program | 37 |
Do not participate in program | 12 |
Provide no supplementation and therefore no IAR | 2 |
Medicaid Program
Number of states that have— | |
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Federal determination of eligibility, federal SSI criteria | 33 |
State determination of eligibility | 17 |
Federal SSI criteria | 7 |
State criteria | 10 |
County determination of eligibility, state criteria | 1 |
Preface
This report provides data on selected characteristics of state assistance programs for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients as of January 1, 2002. The programs are mandatory minimum and optional state supplementation of federal SSI payments, state assistance for special needs, and Medicaid. The characteristics selected for each program are those about which the Social Security Administration (SSA) receives questions most often from individuals, public and private organizations, and federal and state agencies. This edition presents the program details and data in a new format, which is explained in the "Guide to Reading the State Summaries."
The report focuses on eligibility provisions and basic levels of assistance for individuals and couples who receive supplementary payments in each state and in the District of Columbia. Payment levels shown are the maximum amounts possible for selected living arrangements. The report also presents information about federal and state administrative responsibilities for making payments, state criteria for special needs payments, and Medicaid eligibility.
Sherry Barber of the Division of SSI Statistics and Analysis collected and compiled the data. Laurie Brown edited and produced the report. Wanda Sivak assisted with production. Emil Loomis designed the cover, and Laurie Brown prepared the electronic versions for the Web.
The Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the state agency personnel and the Social Security Administration's central office policy analysts in providing this information.
Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
August 2004
Table of Contents
Program information is available by state or region.
The following files are availabe for this document in the given formats:
Program Information by State
Program Information by Region
Other Editions of this Publication
Next Expected Update
December 2004
Other Editions
- State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2002 (released August 2004)
- State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2001 (released July 2001) *
- State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2000 (released July 2000)
- State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 1999 (released July 1999)
- State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 1998 (released June 1998)