State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 1998
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State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 1998(released June 1998)
On this page: Contact InformationFor questions pertaining to this report, please call Sherry Barber at Accessibility and Usability InformationThis document predates the implementation of Section 508 and is not accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need access to information in this document, please contact the In order to view and print the PDF files for this document, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have it, you may download the Acrobat Reader from Adobe's Web site at no charge. ForewordThis report provides data on selected characteristics of State assistance programs for supplemental security income (SSI) recipients as of January 1, 1998. The programs are optional state supplementation of Federal SSI payments, state assistance for special needs, and Medicaid. The characteristics selected are those that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has most frequently received inquire about from individuals, public and private organizations and Federal and State agencies. This report focuses on eligibility provisions and basic levels of assistance for individuals and couples who receive supplementary payments in each State and in the Distribut of Columbia. Data are also presented on Federal-State administrative responsibilities for making payments; State criteriafor special need payments; and on Medicaid eligibility. Four appendices are included in this areport. Appendices A and B contain tables which present information by State on: the administration of mandatory and optional supplementation; the method of passalong; participation in the Interim Assistance Reimburesement Porigram; Medicaid eligibility criteria and determination; medical needy programs for aged, blind, and disabled; and whether the Social Security Administration obtains information on unpaid medical expenses. Appendix C provides data on the number of persons receiving State optional supplementation in each State by living arrangement and eligibility category. Appendix D contains definitions of State living arrangements. The Office of Research, Evaluatin, and Statistics, Division of SSI Statistics and Analysis prepared this report. Sherry L. Barber, a program analyst of the division, collected and compiled all of the data for this report. 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.
Peter M. Wheeler
Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics June 1998 Table of ContentsThe following files are availabe for this document in the given formats:
Program Information by State
Appendix B: Summary of selected features of State supplementation, the interim assistance reimbursement program, and Medicaid, January 1998
Appendix C: Number of persons receiving State optional supplementation by State, living arrangement, and eligibility category, January 1998
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