Basic Categorical Eligibility (BCE)
Basic categorical eligibility (BCE) exists when the budgetary unit does not have a participant meeting certain disqualification criteria, and all budgetary unit participants receive any of the following:
● TANF CA Benefits. This includes when any of the following occur:
The budgetary unit is CA eligible, but no CA benefit is being paid.
Any portion of the CA benefit is being recouped for an overpayment.
● TANF Services
● Grant Diversion
● Kinship Foster Care
● Tribal TANF
● Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)
● Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) General Assistance
● SSI This includes participants whose SSI benefits are in no pay or suspend status.
NOTE Budgetary units that include SSI participants who are in suspended status for failure to comply with a drug and alcohol treatment requirement are not considered to be in BCE.
● A combination of BIA GA and SSI
For information on the disqualification criteria, see Expanded Categorical Eligibility (ECE) . When any participant in the budgetary unit meets the NA definition of elderly or disabled, the budgetary unit receives special considerations. (See Elderly or Have a Disability - NA Special Considerations )