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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 11/2019

APPLYING FOR OTHER BENEFITS

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Refer clients to other programs using the Notice to Apply for Other Maintenance Benefits (DHS-2116) (PDF). Clients must sign and date an SSI Interim Assistance Authorization (DHS-1795) (PDF) if being referred to SSI, or an Interim Assistance Agreement (Non-SSI) (DHS-1795A) (PDF) if being referred to other benefit programs. See 0012.12.03 (Interim Assistance Agreements).

For MSA, deny or terminate people who do not get SSI or RSDI because they have exhausted time-limited benefits. People in this category may apply for GA. The loss of SSI by a non-citizen who has reached the SSI time limit does not prohibit GA eligibility. Do not consider the loss of SSI due to exhausted time-limited benefits to be a failure to meet or comply with Social Security Administration program requirements.

Deny or terminate people who are suspended or terminated from RSDI or SSI for failure to meet or comply with Social Security Administration or other program requirements. This includes failure to comply with a required treatment program and failure to get a representative payee.

Clients must apply for workers' compensation benefits to which they may be entitled. When a member of GA or MSA unit has been awarded Workers’ Compensation, any GA or MSA received during the period covered by the Workers’ Compensation settlement or award is subject to recovery by the DHS Benefit Recovery Section (BRS). BRS has the authority to recover subsistence related to a workers’ compensation injury. An interim assistance agreement is not required.