9043 SSI Households

[273.2(k)] To facilitate their participation in the Program, households in which all members are applying for or receiving SSI may apply for food stamp benefits in Social Security Administration (SSA) offices if: 1. They are not presently participating in the Food Stamp Program; 2. They have not applied for food stamps in the thirty (30) preceding days; 3. They do not have pending food stamp applications. Households applying simultaneously for SSI and food stamps are subject to food stamp eligibility criteria. Base benefit levels solely on food stamp eligibility criteria until the household is considered categorically eligible. However, households in which all members are either TANF/GA/RCA or SSI recipients or authorized to receive TANF/GA/RCA or SSI benefits as defined in DSSM 9042 are food stamp eligible based on their TANF/GA/RCA/SSI status as provided for in that section. Households denied NPA food stamps that have an SSI application pending will be informed on the DCIS notice of denial of the possibility of categorical eligibility if they become SSI recipients.