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SSI State Supplement - Maine

 

Image of the Maine State Flag.  The Maine State Flag is blue, the same blue color displayed by the flag of the United States. The size of the flag is designated as four feet, four inches by five feet, six inches. In the center of the flag, embroidered in silk, is the Maine State coat of arms. The flag is edged with a knotted fringe of yellow silk two and one-half inches wide. The Maine State coat of arms displays upon a shield, a pine tree, a moose, land and sea. Flanking the shield, a seaman rests on an anchor and a farmer rests on a scythe; these represent the work that people did in early times. Above the shield the Maine state motto, 'Dirigo' (I Lead), is displayed in small upper case letters on a banner beneath the North Star, which is what people have used since ancient times as a navigational aid. Below the shield, on a blue banner, is the name of the state, 'MAINE.' Maine is nicknamed the pine tree state. The flag was adopted in 1909.Maine 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 office of the Department of Human Services.

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

Payment Levels

 

State Supplementation

Combined Federal/State

Living Arrangement

Individual

Couple

Individual

Couple

 

 

 

 

 

Living alone or with others

$10.00

$15.00

$684.00

$1,026.00

 

 

 

 

 

Living in the household of another

8.00

12.00

457.34

686.00

 

 

 

 

 

Foster home

49.00

273.00

723.00

1,284.00

 

 

 

 

 

Flat rate boarding home

217.00

590.00

891.00

1,601.00

 

 

 

 

 

Cost reimbursement boarding home

234.00

636.00

908.00

1,647.00

 

 

 

 

 

Medicaid facility

10.00

20.00

40.00

80.00

Living Arrangements Definitions

Living alone or with others - Includes the following types of recipients:

1) an individual living in his/her own household with no other person except an ineligible spouse;

2) a couple living in their own household;

3) a person in a medical facility where Medicaid does not pay more than 50 percent of the cost of care;

4) a person in an institution (excludes inmates of public institutions) on the basis of his eligibility under Section 611(e)(1)(E) for all or part of a month provided that Medicaid does not pay more than 50 percent of the cost of their care;

5) a person in a private-pay facility or private-pay portion of a licensed boarding home; or

6) an individual or couple living with other persons but not considered to be living in the household of another.

Living in the household of another - Includes eligible persons who:

1) live in a household other than their own throughout a month with at least one other person who is not their child, their spouse, or an ineligible person whose income is deemed to them; and

2) receive food and shelter from within that household.

Living in a foster home - Includes recipients residing in an adult foster home.

Living in a flat rate boarding home - Includes recipients residing in a boarding home which is licensed by and has a provider agreement with the state for reimbursement at a flat rate.

Living in a cost reimbursement Boarding Home - Includes recipients residing in a boarding home which is licensed by and has a provider agreement with the state for reimbursement based on cost.

Living in a 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 aged, blind, and disabled SSI recipients including children. In addition, a small number of persons not eligible for SSI are eligible for a state supplement.

Recoveries, Liens, And Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

None.

Income Disregards

Federal income disregards apply to all living arrangements. For those living alone, with others, or in the household of another, the state disregards an additional $55 for an individual and $80 for a couple.

Resource Limitations

Federal SSI resource limitations apply.

Place Of Application

Local offices of the state Department of Health and Human 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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