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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM SSI RECIPIENTS’ ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER D, PAGE 2 • Individuals who are determined to be “presumptively eligible” for SSI receive an SSI payment but are not considered SSI recipients for AG purposes. o If the "final" SSI decision finds the individual is retroactively eligible for regular SSI, an AG payment must be made for any month during which the individual was eligible for an SSI payment. • Individuals who are receiving “Conditional SSI Benefits” are considered SSI recipients for AG purposes. • Individuals who have applied for SSI are not SSI recipients until they have been approved for and action is taken to issue them an SSI money payment. • Individuals who are classified as 1619b by SSI are SSI recipients. 1.1. Verification Verify an individual’s SSI status through SVES. If there is a discrepancy between SVES and what is reported by the individual, contact SSI to notify them of the discrepancy and to obtain clarification of the individual’s SSI status. 1.1.1. SSI Eligibility Ends • Due To Excess Income Determine the individual’s continuing AG eligibility as a non-SSI recipient. • Due To Any Other Reason The individual is ineligible for AG as an SSI recipient. Evaluate AG as a Non-SSI individual. Evaluate ongoing Medicaid eligibility based on the Medicaid Manual if the individual is not an AG recipient.

2. Non-Financial Requirements An SSI recipient, that is applying for AG, must be evaluated on and meet the more restrictive AG non-financial eligibility criteria in this manual. See Chapter C.