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EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility Overview - Massachusetts

In addition to financial eligibility standards, certain non-financial eligibility standards must be met. A list of categorical requirements includes, but is not limited to:

·      Must be a citizen or eligible non-citizen

·      Must be a resident of Massachusetts

·      Must have a Social Security number or applied for one

EAEDC is limited to individuals who are eligible for one of the following reasons:

·      A student, under age 21, enrolled in a full time program in a school that is not beyond the secondary level

·      Unable to work due to a physical or mental incapacity which has lasted or will last at least 60 days and meets the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) established medical standards for disability

·      Required in the home to care for an incapacitated individual who would have to be institutionalized if someone does not provide care in the home

·      Participating in a Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) program

·      Persons over 65 waiting for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to begin or if found ineligible for SSI, if all other EAEDC eligibility requirements are met

·      Caretaker families, in which the adult caretaker is NOT related to the dependent child, may be eligible for EAEDC under certain circumstances

Also see:

EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility for Individuals Age 65 or Older - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility for People with Disabilities - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Vocational Factors Affecting Eligibility - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility By Participation in a Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) Program - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility for Care of the Disabled - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility for Parental Families - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility for Caretaker Families - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Categorical Eligibility for Students - Massachusetts

EAEDC - Age Verification for Eligibility - Massachusetts

Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled, and Children (EAEDC) - Overview - Massachusetts

Source

106 CMR 320.000, available in PDF format at:
http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dta/g_reg_320.pdf
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