758-6          INCOME OF SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance RECIPIENTS

The policies in this section apply to adult applicants and recipients.  See section 770-1 for policy on SSI Supplemental Security Income child cases.

758-6 A.     SEPARATE ECONOMIC UNITS

All income of an adult who is receiving SSI Supplemental Security Income , SSI Supplemental Security Income and APA Adult Public Assistance , or APA Adult Public Assistance only, and who is living in a Temporary Assistance household and is a member of the Temporary Assistance economic unit will be disregarded in determining eligibility and payment amounts of applicants and recipients.  Interim Assistance payments are not considered an APA Adult Public Assistance benefit for Temporary Assistance purposes.

SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance and Temporary Assistance persons living together will be treated as completely separate economic units, regardless of the legal or family relationships between them.  Except for SSI Supplemental Security Income children, no person may receive SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance and Temporary Assistance benefits in the same calendar month.

758-6 B.     TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE APPLICANTS WITH SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance RECIPIENTS

The case worker will not count income determined by SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance as belonging only to the SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance eligible adult in the Temporary Assistance eligibility determination.  Verification of sources and amounts of SSI Supplemental Security Income counted income must be obtained from SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance case files, EIS Eligibility Information System interfaces, computer printouts, or the servicing SSI Supplemental Security Income office.

SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance considers portions of the income of the SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance ineligible spouse or ineligible parent of a child under 18 to be available to the SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance applicant.   SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance cannot deem income that has been considered in determining Temporary Assistance.  In making the Temporary Assistance determination, all income deemed by SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance to be available to the SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance recipient will be considered Temporary Assistance income unless it is otherwise not countable.  

The case worker should not concern himself with the net amounts SSI Supplemental Security Income deemed, but merely identify the recipient's own income and consider the gross amounts of all other deemed income as available to the Temporary Assistance unit.  After the Temporary Assistance determination is made, the case worker must notify the SSI Supplemental Security Income office and/or the APA Adult Public Assistance case worker that the income they originally deemed available to the recipient has now been considered available in the Temporary Assistance program.  Notification may be accomplished by providing them with a copy of the Temporary Assistance budget.   SSI Supplemental Security Income must then eliminate the deemed income DPA Division of Public Assistance counted and increase their payment.  This action will affect the related APA Adult Public Assistance case, if any.

758-6 C.     TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE APPLICANTS WITH POTENTIAL SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance ELIGIBILITY

Any Temporary Assistance applicant who resides with an adult or child who has potential eligibility for the SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance program should be referred to SSI Supplemental Security Income to make application(s) if it would be to the household's financial advantage.

The case worker must determine Temporary Assistance/ APA Adult Public Assistance eligibility under normal procedures, including the potential SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance household member in the economic unit if he is a dependent child or a legally responsible relative or spouse.  Once eligibility has been determined to exist or not exist, the case worker must inform the appropriate SSI Supplemental Security Income office of:

• The results of the Temporary Assistance determination;

• Which household members are included in the Temporary Assistance case; and

• Whose income and resources were considered in the determination, identified by amount and source.

The APA Adult Public Assistance case worker must be similarly informed.  Notification may be done by telephone or by mailing the SSI Supplemental Security Income office a Xerox copy of the Temporary Assistance notice of decision and budget.

758-6 D.     CLIENT RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT RECEIPT OF SSI Supplemental Security Income

The Temporary Assistance recipient or applicant is required to notify DPA Division of Public Assistance within 10 days after a member of the economic unit or assistance unit begins receiving SSI Supplemental Security Income benefits.  Application for SSI Supplemental Security Income benefits is not a condition of Temporary Assistance eligibility.  If any of the persons in a Temporary Assistance household appear to have SSI Supplemental Security Income / APA Adult Public Assistance eligibility, they must be informed of their potential eligibility. The advantages and disadvantages of SSI Supplemental Security Income eligibility must be explained.