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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 09/2020

MSA ASSISTANCE STANDARDS

0020.21

MFIP, DWP, SNAP, GA, GRH: No provisions.

MSA: MSA has assistance standards whose use depends upon the applicant or participant’s circumstances including:

● The SSI Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) upon which the client's SSI grant is based. See 0029.06.03 (Supplemental Security Income Program).

● Whether a person is eligible for a home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver, including:

- Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI).

- Elderly Waiver (EW).

- Brain Injury (BI).

- Community Alternative Care for Chronically Ill Individuals (CAC).

- Developmental Disabilities (DD).

See the Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual for information on these programs. A person who is eligible for any HCBS waiver is considered to be living alone.

● Whether a person meets county plan requirements for Housing Support placement (GRH plan) though not actually living in a Housing Support setting.

● Whether a person is eligible for MSA Housing Assistance. See 0023.24 (MSA Housing Assistance). A person who is eligible for MSA Housing Assistance is always considered to be living alone. Apply the “living alone” assistance standard when determining eligibility.

● A client's marital status.

● A client's living arrangement.

Apply the living alone assistance standard if a person lives in their own residence without others.

If a person lives with others, apply the living with others assistance standard UNLESS they:

- Are eligible for an HCBS waiver.

OR

- Meet county plan requirements for Housing Support placement.

OR

- Are eligible for MSA Housing Assistance.

OR

- Constitute a separate household from others who reside at that address. A separate household exists when a person:

-- Is subject to an individual written lease or rental agreement.

AND