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Regardless of the basis used to establish that a household may be categorically eligible, such eligibility may not be given in some situations. The entire household cannot be categorically eligible for FS benefits if one of the following conditions apply: • any member of the household is disqualified for an Intentional Program Violation (IPV); or • the head of the household is disqualified for failure to comply with Food Stamp work requirements. The following individuals cannot be considered members of a categorically eligible household: • ineligible aliens, • ineligible students, • residents of an institution, or • persons, other than the head of household, who are ineligible because of failure to comply with Food Stamp work requirements. In these cases, the ineligible household members are excluded, but the remaining household members may be categorically eligible.

SSI 12.3.1 MA The SSI program provides financial assistance to needy persons who are at least age 65, blind, or disabled. SSA determines initial eligibility for SSI, and the Department is responsible for administering the MA program for SSI recipients; this includes determining continued MA eligibility when SSI benefits terminate. Recipients of SSI and/or state supplement payments (SSP) are categorically eligible for MA. The SSI program provides basic federal payment levels. The District provides an SSI supplement to SSI recipients and some non-SSI recipients in community residential facilities (CRFs). SSA provides the Department with information on the District's SSA recipients through SDX. The SDX tapes list SSI applications, openings, re-openings, closures, denials, addresses, and other changes. This information is used to open, close, and update MA cases for SSI recipients. The following persons qualify categorically for MA: • persons currently receiving SSI and/or SSP, • persons receiving SSI pending a final determination of blindness or disability, • persons receiving SSI under an agreement with SSA to dispose of assets that exceed the SSI asset limitation, and • persons granted 'special SSI eligibility status.' The SSA gives 'special SSI eligibility status' to certain individuals who are blind or have disabling impairments and who are engaged in 'substantial gainful activity' (SGA) which disqualifies them for standard SSI benefits. The following persons also qualify categorically for MA on the basis of SSI program requirements (these individuals meet the applicable SSI program requirements but are not