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SSI State Supplement - Massachusetts

Massachusetts 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) originally provided the data shown in the table, and it was updated by the Disability Law Center and Massachusetts Legal Services. 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 Social Security Administration office. You may also be able to find updated information on the SSA website at:
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11130.html

The definition for each of the living arrangements is given below the table. Click on the living arrangement to go to its definition.

Payment Levels

Notes

[a] Blind individuals aged 65 or older are entitled to the highest payment category for which they qualify.

[b] The amounts given apply only when both members of a couple belong to the same eligibility category. When members belong to different eligibility categories, the two respective individual benefits are added to obtain the couple's benefit.

Living Arrangement Definitions

A Living independently - Includes recipients who live:

1) alone;

2) only with an eligible spouse;

3) with an eligible spouse and with ineligible children who do not receive income maintenance payments; or

4) with an ineligible spouse and/or ineligible children none of whom receive income maintenance payments. Also includes recipients in federal Payment Code C who do not live with any persons receiving income maintenance payments. Persons not meeting these criteria may be included if they are in federal Payment Code A or federal Payment Code C and pay at least two-thirds of the household expenses. In addition, recipients living in public congregate housing developments are included.

B Shared living expenses - Includes recipients who are in federal Payment Code A or federal Payment Code C, and do not meet the criteria for state living arrangement A or state living arrangement E. As such, it includes recipients who reside in group-care facilities such as halfway houses, private medical facilities where Medicaid is paying 50 percent or less of the cost of care, faster homes, commercial boarding homes, or in other facilities which do not meet the criteria for State living arrangements A or E. It also includes:

1) recipients who reside in households where they do not pay at least two-thirds of the household expenses and one or more household members receive an income maintenance payment; and

2) transients, the homeless, and residents of public emergency shelters.

C Living in the household of another - Includes recipients in Federal Payment Code B.

E Living in a licensed rest home - Includes recipients residing in a licensed rest home that has a provider agreement with the state.

F Living in a Medicaid facility - Includes recipients in Federal Payment Code D.

G Living in an assisted living facility - Includes recipients residing in nonpublic subsidized assisted living facilities that have been registered with the state.

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 every aged, blind, and disabled SSI recipient, including children, and recipients in private medical facilities where the Medicaid program is providing 50 percent or less of the cost of care.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

None.

Income Disregards

There are no disregards in addition to the Federal income disregards.

Resource Limitations

Federal SSI resource limitations apply.

Place of Application

Social Security Administration field offices.

Source

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) In Massachusetts, SSA Publication No. 05-11130, [latest available edition], online at:
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11130.html

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