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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS 07/19 CHAPTER C, PAGE 2 Non-Financial Eligibility - Introduction Both SSI recipients and non-SSI individuals must meet the non-financial eligibility criteria at initial application, redetermination, and throughout their eligibility period. Criteria that are subject to change must be reevaluated at each redetermination and when changes in the individual’s situation occur. Failure to meet a non-financial requirement will result in ineligibility for AG and/or Medicaid. See Chapter D-1 for the definition of SSI recipient. Each non-financial eligibility factor listed in this chapter must be evaluated and documented on the Evaluation of Eligibility. The documentation must state that the applicant meets or does not meet the nonfinancial eligibility requirements. 1. Identity Because of the growing problem of identity theft and false identity situations, each applicant is required to present documentary evidence of his/her identity. The worker must be certain the individual is who he/she claims to be (i.e., that the person existed and continues to exist). Identity evidence must: • Have been issued at a later time and for a different purpose than the birth record; and • Be of recent issuance to establish the individual’s continued existence. o Generally, “recent” means a current, unexpired document. Note: A birth record establishes a fact of birth (i.e., that the person was born) and the legal name at birth. It is not sufficient evidence to establish identity for AG purposes because it does not establish the person’s continued existence. Therefore, AG does not accept a birth record as an identity document because it is not adequate evidence to show that the person is still alive. AG needs evidence that shows the individual continues to exist beyond the date of birth up to the present time. 1.1. Verification An individual’s identity must be verified at initial application and reapplication. Identity does not have to be reverified at redetermination, if it was previously verified. SSI and SSA recipients’ identity has been verified by SSA and does not have to be reverified. Documents that are acceptable as verification of identity for non-SSI and non- SSA recipients are listed in two groups based on their relative probative value: primary verification and secondary verification.