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Page | 109 8. Veterans who receive VA benefits because they are rated a 100% service-connected or non-service connected disability or who, according to the VA, need regular aid and attendance or are permanently housebound. 9. Surviving spouses of deceased veterans who meet one of the following criteria according to the VA: a) need regular aid and attendance, b) permanently housebound, or c) receives or has been approved for benefits from the VA because of the veteran's death and could be considered permanently disabled for Social Security purposes. 10. Surviving children (any age) of a deceased veteran who the VA: a) has determined are permanently incapable of self-support, or b) has been approved for benefits because of the veteran's death and could be considered permanently disabled for Social Security purposes

c. Social Security’s Definition for Disabled: Any of the following 11 conditions determine, according to SSA, if a recipient is disabled: 1. Permanent loss of use of both hands, both feet, or one hand and one foot. 2. Amputation of leg at hip. 3. Amputation of leg or foot because of diabetes mellitus or peripheral vascular diseases. 4. Total deafness, not correctable by surgery or hearing aid. 5. Statutory blindness, unless caused by cataracts or detached retina. 6. IQ 59 or less, established after the person becomes 16 years old. 7. Spinal cord or nerve root lesions resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia. 8. Multiple sclerosis in which there is damage to the nervous system caused by scattered areas of inflammation. The inflammation recurs and has progressed to varied interference with the function of the nervous system including severe muscle weakness, paralysis, and vision and speech defects. 9. Muscular dystrophy with irreversible wasting of the muscles, impairing the ability to use the arms or legs. 10. Impaired renal function caused by chronic renal disease, resulting in severely reduced function which may require dialysis or kidney transplant. 11. Amputation of a limb of a person at least 55 years old.

d. Definition of SSI Household: A person receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is: 1. Federal payments made under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, to the aged, blind, and disabled. 2. Federally administered optional supplementary payments under Section 1616(a) of that Act, or 3. Federally administered mandatory supplementary payments made under Subsection 212(a) of Public Law 93-66.

7330 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS

Homeless individual means an individual who is imminently homeless because they lack a fixed and regular nighttime residence or an individual whose primary nighttime residence is:

A. A homeless shelter or supervised shelter designated to provide temporary accommodations; B. A halfway house or similar institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized;