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SSI State Supplement - Connecticut

Connecticut provides State Supplements to Federal SSI benefit payments for residents in one of the living arrangements specified in the table below.

General Information

The Social Security Administration (SSA) provided the data shown in the table. Contact your local SSA Claims Representative for further details about eligibility and benefit levels. See the topic "Contacting the Social Security Administration" to find out how to get information or help from SSA.

Notes about specific items, if any, display as colored letters within brackets in the table. Their explanation directly follows the table. You may click on these colored letters within the table to jump immediately to the explanations. Use the Back button in the Help window to return to your place in the table. If additional information is available, it follows after any notes.

Unless otherwise stated, payment levels apply equally to people who are aged, people with blindness, and people with disabilities. Benefit amounts are usually adjusted annually, and become effective January 1st. The table shows monthly payment levels for calendar year 2010.

If you are using this version of WorkWORLD after January 1, 2011, you should be able to get the updated numbers from your local or regional office of the Department of Social Services.

Definitions for specific Living Arrangement terms are provided below the table. Click on the term to go to the definition.

Payment Levels

Notes

[a] Budget process used to establish payments amounts. This supplement consists of a housing allowance (maximum of $400 for living alone; $200 for living with others), basic needs items, minus countable income (see income disregards). The amount presented assumes eligibility for the highest rental allowance and the maximum budget amount.

[b] Persons residing in a Medicaid facility receive a supplement that varies depending on the facility.

[c] Committee sets boarding home rate on State payments in accordance with individual cost data for the operations of the facility.

Living Arrangements Definitions

Independent community living - Any type of living arrangement which is not a licensed room and board facility or a medical or penal institution.

Licensed Room and Board Facility - A licensed boarding facility is a community group home, training home, family care home, private boarding home, or other residential facility licensed by the State Department of Mental Retardation, Department of Children and Families, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Public Health Services, or other state agency, which at a minimum provides lodging and meals to various groups of elderly, blind or disabled individuals.

Medicaid Facility – Includes recipients residing in a federal Code D living arrangement.

Additional Information

NOTE: See SSI State Supplement Guide to Terms for definitions of each of the below categories.

Scope of Coverage

Optional supplement provided for aged, blind, and disabled SSI or Title II recipients living alone and with others. No provision is made for essential persons. Only blind children are eligible for supplementation. Blind and disabled recipients are reclassified as aged upon reaching 65 years old.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

Liens secure claims against real property. State has a preferred mandatory claim against an estate to the extent that it is not needed for the support of the surviving spouse, parent, or dependent children of the decedent. Liens may be released upon the payment of claim or amount equal to beneficiary’s interest. If applicant/recipient owns other non-home property he or she must be making a bona fide effort to sell it. During that time, he or she gives the state a security mortgage.

Relative Responsibility

Spouse for spouse.

Income Disregards

Unearned Income: For recipients residing in the community, State disregards $278.00 of any unearned income including SSI; for recipients residing in boarding homes, $185.70 is disregarded. The disregard is $308.90 for recipients residing with unrelated persons in the community.

Earned Income: The first $65 and one-half of the remainder for aged and disabled; the first $85 and one-half the remainder for the blind. Work related expenses for the blind including personal expenses such as Social Security tax, life and health insurance, lunch, and transportation are excluded. Additional deductions are allowed for the blind and disabled related to plans for self-support. Those who are disabled are also allowed deductions for impairment related work expenses.

Resource Limitations

No limit on real property occupied as a home. Equity in real property other than a home must be liquidated. Value of personal property (excluding household and personal effects, car if needed, and tools and equipment or livestock essential to production of income) limited to $1,600 for an individual and $2,400 for a couple. In addition, up to $1,800 for burial contract reduced by the value of irrevocable burial arrangements and the face value of life insurance policies of $1,500 or less.

Place of Application

Regional offices of Department of Social Services.

Source

SSA Publication No. 13-11975 [latest edition available], State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2010 (released December 2010) online at:
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2010/index.html

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