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SSI State Supplement - Indiana

Indiana 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 county office of the Division of Family Resources.

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

Payment Levels

Notes

[a] Care in a licensed residential facility consists only of room, board, and laundry together with minimal administrative direction. The facility must be licensed by the Indiana State Department of Health and approved for participation in the Room and Board Assistance program by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. A residential facility can be publicly or privately owned; for profit or not-for-profit.

[b] Federal and state agencies consider couples residing in these living arrangements as individuals one month after leaving an independent living arrangement.

[c] Represents maximum amount paid; lesser amounts may be paid depending on cost of facility and income of recipient. Includes a personal allowance payment of up to $52.00 per month.

Living Arrangements Definitions

Living in a licensed residential facility - Includes recipients who reside in facilities licensed by the Indiana State Department of Health and approved for participation in the Room and Board Assistance program by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. These residential facilities can be publicly or privately owned; for profit or not-for-profit.

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 state supplement provided to all adult Medicaid or SSI recipients who, because of age, blindness, or disability are unable to reside in their own home and need care in a residential facility. Children under age 18 are not eligible for optional supplementation.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

Spouse for spouse when residing with spouse in same facility.

Income Disregards

Disregarded from sheltered workshop earnings are a $16 employment incentive, mandatory earning deductions, and one-half of the remaining earnings.

Resource Limitations

An individual may have a reserve of nonexempt real and personal property (including cash, stocks, bonds, cash surrender value of life insurance, etc.) of no more than $1,500; a couple may have no more than $2,250. If spouse resides in the same facility, the resources of both, subject to the $2,250 limit, are considered in establishing eligibility. Ownership of personal property essential for an adequate living arrangement, production of produce for home consumption, and personal effects shall not affect an individual’s eligibility. Cash surrender value of life insurance is disregarded if the face value does not exceed $10,000 and the beneficiary is the funeral director of the person’s estate. The $10,000 limitation is reduced by any amount in an irrevocable burial trust or irrevocable prepaid funeral arrangement. Real property offered for sale or rent is exempt.

Place Of Application

Division of Family and Social Services Administration, county offices of the Division of Family Resources.

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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