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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM SSI RECIPIENTS’ ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER D, PAGE i

TABLE OF CONTENTS SSI RECIPIENTS’ ELIGIBILITY - INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1 1. DEFINITION OF SSI RECIPIENT ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. VERIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................. 2 1.1.1. SSI Eligibility Ends ................................................................................................................................ 2 2. NON-FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................... 2 3. CHANGES .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 4. RESOURCES .................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 4.1. VERIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................. 3 5. INCOME ELIGIBILITY .................................................................................................................................. 3 5.1. VERIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................. 3 6. COUNTABLE INCOME FOR GRANT COMPUTATION .......................................................................... 3 6.1. VERIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................. 4 6.1.1. Verification Periods ............................................................................................................................... 4 6.1.2. Discrepancies ........................................................................................................................................ 5 6.2. PROJECTION OF INCOME ............................................................................................................................. 5 7. INCOME EXCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................. 5 7.1. COMMUNITY EXPENSES EXCLUSION ........................................................................................................... 6 7.1.1. Verification ............................................................................................................................................ 6 7.2. CHILD AT HOME EXCLUSION ...................................................................................................................... 7 7.2.1. Exclusion Computation .......................................................................................................................... 7 7.2.2. Verification ............................................................................................................................................ 7 7.3. SPOUSE AT HOME EXCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 7 7.3.1. Exclusion Computation .......................................................................................................................... 7 7.4. GUARDIANSHIP FEE EXCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 8 7.4.1. Exclusion Amount .................................................................................................................................. 8 7.4.2. Verification .......................................................................................................................................... 10 8. SSI OVERPAYMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 11 8.1. DOUBLE COUNTING EXCEPTION ................................................................................................................ 11 8.2. UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF EXCEPTION APPLIES ....................................................................................... 13 8.3. MULTIPLE OVERPAYMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 13 8.3.1. Exception ............................................................................................................................................. 13 9. SSI UNDERPAYMENTS ................................................................................................................................ 14 10. RECONCILIATION OF PAYMENTS .......................................................................................................... 15