INTRODUCTION |
| 2100. |
What is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program? |
| 2101. |
Who administers the SSI program? |
| 2102. |
Purpose and Basic Principles |
| 2103. |
Where does the SSI program operate? |
| 2104. |
When are SSI benefits paid? |
| 2105. |
How are SSI benefits financed? |
| 2106. |
State Supplementation of Basic SSI Benefits |
| 2107. |
Medicaid |
| 2108. |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) |
| 2109. |
Were you eligible for assistance under a Federal/State matching
grant program for the aged, blind, or disabled in December 1973? |
| 2110. |
SSI Definitions |
ELIGIBILITY |
| 2111. |
What are the general eligibility requirements for SSI? |
| 2112. |
What are the categories of eligibility? |
| 2113. |
Eligibility Criteria Based on Need |
| 2114. |
What are other requirements for SSI eligibility? |
| 2115. |
Citizenship/Alien Status |
| 2116. |
Absence from the United States |
| 2117. |
Filing for Other Benefits |
| 2119. |
Are fugitive felons eligible for SSI? |
| 2120. |
Are probation and parole violators eligible for SSI? |
| 2121. |
Institutionalization |
| 2122. |
Marriage |
| 2123. |
Eligible Couples |
| 2124. |
Eligibility Under More Than One Category |
| 2125. |
Continuing Eligibility |
| 2126. |
Recipient Reporting Requirements |
| 2127. |
Fraud |
INCOME |
| 2128. |
How does income affect SSI benefits? |
| 2129. |
How is income defined for SSI purposes? |
| 2130. |
What is NOT income for SSI purposes? |
| 2131. |
Countable Income |
| 2132. |
How Income is Counted |
| 2133. |
When Income is Counted |
| 2134. |
What is earned income? |
| 2135. |
What are the earned income exclusions? |
| 2136. |
What is “unearned income”? |
| 2137. |
What are the unearned income exclusions? |
| 2138. |
Assistance Related to Disasters |
| 2139. |
Can home energy or support and maintenance assistance be excluded
from income? |
| 2140. |
In-Kind Income |
| 2141. |
What is “in-kind support and maintenance”? |
| 2142. |
Valuation of In-kind Support and Maintenance |
| 2143. |
One-Third Reduction Rule |
| 2144. |
Presumed Maximum Value Rule |
| 2145. |
Temporary Absences and In-kind Support and Maintenance |
| 2146. |
Acting as an “Agent” |
| 2147. |
Tables of Federal Benefit Rates, One-third Reduction Values,
and Presumed Maximum Values |
RESOURCES |
| 2148. |
Role of Resources |
| 2149. |
What is considered a resource for SSI purposes? |
| 2150. |
Liquid and Non-liquid Resources |
| 2151. |
What is NOT considered a resource? |
| 2152. |
Ownership of Resources |
| 2153. |
Countable Resources |
| 2154. |
How Resources are Valued |
| 2155. |
When are resources valued? |
| 2156. |
What are the resource exclusions? |
| 2157. |
Exclusion of an Automobile or Other Vehicle |
| 2158. |
Is property needed for self-support excluded from resources?
|
| 2159. |
Life Insurance |
| 2160. |
Do burial spaces count as resources? |
| 2161. |
Burial Funds |
| 2162. |
Resources Affected by a Disaster |
| 2163. |
Real Property that Cannot be Sold |
| 2164. |
Conditional Payments Despite Excess Resources |
| 2165. |
Is your SSI eligibility affected if you dispose of a resource
below its market value? |
| 2166. |
What are the statutory resources limits? |
DEEMING |
| 2167. |
Deeming of Income and Resources |
| 2168. |
Deeming from an Ineligible Spouse to an Eligible Individual |
| 2169. |
Deeming from a Parent to a Child Under Age 18 |
| 2170. |
Deeming from a Sponsor to an Alien |
| 2171. |
Deeming from an Essential Person to an Eligible Qualified
Individual |
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CONVERTED RECIPIENTS |
| 2172. |
Special Provisions for Converted Recipients |
WORK INCENTIVES |
| 2173. |
What is the purpose of work incentives for the blind and disabled?
|
| 2174. |
Continued Benefits for Participants in a Program of Vocational
Rehabilitation, Employment, Training, or Other Support Service |
| 2175. |
Impairment-Related Work Expenses |
| 2176. |
Work Expenses of the Blind |
| 2177. |
Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) |
| 2178. |
Special Cash Benefits to Disabled Individuals Who Engage in
SGA |
| 2179. |
Medicaid While Working |
PAYMENTS |
| 2180. |
What is the Federal SSI payment amount? |
| 2181. |
State Supplementary Payments |
| 2182. |
Computation of Payments |
| 2183. |
Retrospective Monthly Accounting |
| 2184. |
Proration of SSI Payments |
| 2185. |
Windfall Offset |
| 2186. |
Interim Assistance Reimbursement |
| 2187. |
Direct Field Office Payments |
| 2188. |
Presumptive Blindness or Presumptive Disability Payments |
DETERMINATIONS, APPEALS AND REOPENINGS |
| 2189. |
Initial Determinations |
| 2190. |
What administrative actions are NOT initial determinations? |
| 2191. |
How does the appeals process work? |
| 2192. |
Reconsideration |
| 2193. |
Hearing |
| 2194. |
Appeals Council Review |
| 2195. |
What is the time limit for filing for civil action in a Federal
District Court? |
| 2196. |
Can the time limit for filing an appeal or hearing be extended?
|
| 2197. |
Reopening Determinations/Decisions Under the Rules of Administrative
Finality |
