UPM 4520.10 - Standards of Assistance

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 12-1-02 Transmittal: UP-02-20 4520.10 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Standards of Assistance POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Basic Needs AABD ___________________________________________________________ Subject: Rated Housing Facilities ______________________________________________________________________________

4520.10 A. Types of Rated Housing Facilities

1. Rated housing facilities include:

a. licensed boarding facilities; and

b. New Horizons; and

c. adult family living homes approved by the Department.

2. Licensed boarding facilities include all of the following:

a. private homes licensed by:

(1) the Department of Mental Retardation (DMR); or

(2) the Department of Mental Health (DMH);

b. homes for the aged licensed by the Department of Health Services (DHS);

c. permanent family homes licensed by the Department of Children and Youth Services (DCYS);

d. other room and board facilities that are:

(1) licensed by an appropriate department of state; and

(2) approved for payment by the Department.

3. Individuals residing in any of the above licensed boarding facilities, adult family living homes, or New Horizons are considered to be residing in a rated housing facility.

B. Personal Needs

1. Separate standards for personal needs are established for residents of licensed boarding facilities and adult family living homes, and for New Horizons residents, based on differences in expenses which are provided as a condition of the living arrangement.

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4520.10 B. Personal Needs (continued)

2. The personal needs standard in a licensed boarding facility or an adult family living home contains a cost allowance for the following expenses:

a. personal incidentals;

b. clothing;

c. laundry.

3. The New Horizons personal needs standard contains a cost allowance for the following expenses:

a. clothing;

b. food;

c. household supplies;

d. personal incidentals;

e. phone;

f. transportation;

g. laundry.

4. The standard of assistance for personal needs of individuals residing in a rated housing facility is:

a. $28.90 per month for licensed boarding facility and adult family living home residents;

b. $130.40 per month for New Horizons residents.

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4520.10 C. Shelter Needs

1. The following rules apply to licensed boarding facilities and adult family living homes:

a. The standard of need for shelter for assistance units residing in a licensed boarding facility or in an adult family living home is based on a monthly rate established by the Department.

b. Assistance units are considered to be maintaining residence in the facility or adult family living home if they are not maintaining a separate residence in the community.

c. The monthly need standard is prorated on a per diem basis in any month that the assistance unit does not maintain residence in the facility or adult family living home for the entire calendar month.

d. Assistance units that are temporarily absent from the facility or adult family living home are considered to be maintaining permanent residence if both of the following conditions are met:

(1) the unit does not enter into another permanent housing agreement during the period of absence; and

(2) the unit is expected to return to the residence within a reasonable period of time, as defined by the Department.

e. The period of absence is considered to be reasonable if the unit is expected to return to the residence by the last day of the month following the month that the unit temporarily left the residence.

f. The shelter standard is not prorated as long as the facility or adult family living home remains the residence for the entire calendar month.

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4520.10 C. 1. Shelter Needs (continued)

g. The standard of assistance for shelter in a rated housing facility is:

(1) the monthly facility rate if the assistance unit resides in the facility for entire calendar month; or

(2) the per diem facility rate times the number of days the unit resided in the facility if the shelter rate is prorated.

2. The following rules apply to New Horizons Village:

a. the standard of need for shelter for assistance units residing at New Horizons Village is $3388.72 per month;

b. the per diem standard is $111.41;

c. the monthly shelter standard is prorated on a per diem basis for the month the assistance unit moves into New Horizons if the move is later than the first day of the month;

d. the monthly shelter standard is not prorated for the month the assistance unit moves out of New Horizons;

e. assistance units that are temporarily absent from New Horizons Village are considered to be maintaining permanent residence there if the following criteria are met:

(1) the housing agreement between New Horizons Village and the assistance unit remains in effect;

(2) the assistance unit does not establish a permanent housing arrangement elsewhere.