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SSI State Supplement - Minnesota

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

General Information

NOTE: In Minnesota, the Optional State Supplement (OSS) is also known as Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA).

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 Welfare and Human Services Board.

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

Payment Levels

	State Supplementation		Combined Federal/State
Living Arrangement	Individual	Couple	Individual	Couple

Living independently
Entitlement prior to 1/1/94	$81.00	$126.00	$735.00	$1,117.00
Entitlement 1/1/94 or later	81.00	111.00	735.00	1,102.00

Living in household of another
Entitlement prior to 1/1/94	112.66	347.00	542.00	1,001.00
Entitlement 1/1/94 or later	112.66	84.00	517.00	738.00

Group residential facility, non-medical [a] [b]	261.00	---	841.00	---

Medicaid facility [a]	59.00	---	84.00	---

Notes

[a] Couples residing in these living arrangements are treated as individuals one month after leaving an independent living arrangement.

[b] Includes $89.00 a month for clothing and personal needs. Indicates the highest amount that may be paid.

Living Arrangements Definitions

Living independently - Includes recipients who are solely responsible for paying costs connected with their home or apartment, and persons eligible for Medicaid home and community based service waivers, or at risk of placement in a group residential facility.

Living in the household of another - Includes recipients who live with another person, regardless of the relationship, in a house or an apartment.

Living in a non-medical, group residential facility - Includes recipients who reside in a congregate care setting and have their shelter payments negotiated by the county agency. Non-medical facilities include foster care, boarding care, and room and board arrangements.

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 SSI recipients, including blind children under the age of 18 and disabled adult children, residing in the specified living arrangements.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

Spouse for spouse; parent or stepparent for blind minor child.

Income Disregards

Federal SSI regulations apply

Resource Limitations

Federal SSI resource limitations apply.

Place of Application

County offices of the state Welfare and Human Services Agencies.

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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