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SSI State Supplement - Wisconsin

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin Department of Health and Family 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 the Department of Health and Family Services or the Social Security Administration local office.

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

Payment Levels

Notes

[a] A Caretaker supplement state payment is available to SSI recipients whose dependent children are eligible for certain types of Medicaid; $250.00 for first child, and $150.00 for each additional child. For example, if there are 2 eligible children living with their SSI-eligible parent, the Caretaker Supplement will be $400 per month.

The benefit will be added to the parent's monthly state SSI check. If there are two parents in the household who receive SSI, the benefit will be added to only one parent's state SSI check.

[b] An Exceptional Expense Supplement program for recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in Wisconsin is administered by the Department of Health and Family Services and county agencies and provides a monthly cash benefit to eligible SSI recipients who reside in certain substitute care facilities or who require additional support services in order to live independently. A monthly cash benefit of up to $95.99 is added to the State SSI payment of each SSI recipient who meets the program requirements and is certified for the benefit by a county agency. SSI recipients who wish to apply for SSI-E should contact their county department of social or human services to request an assessment for SSI-E. The county agency will provide or arrange for an assessment and determine whether the SSI recipient meets the SSI-E eligibility criteria.

Eligibility for SSI-E is limited to:

1) SSI recipients whose expenses are greater than the SSI-E payment level ($853.77 in 2010) and live in one of the following licensed or certified facilities:

·                           Foster home for children

·                           Group home for children

·                           Licensed or Certified adult family/foster home

·                           CBRF of 20 beds or less

·                           Certified Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC)

or

2) SSI recipients who live in their own household or another's household who pay their share of household expenses and who need at least 40 hours of primary long-term support services each month.

Living Arrangements Definitions

Living independently - Includes recipients living in their own households, in private medical treatment facilities and receiving 50 percent or less of the cost of care from SSI, or in non-medical institutions. Also includes persons in medical facilities who are in federal living arrangement code A on the basis of their eligibility under Section 1611(e)(1)(E).

Living in the household of another - Includes recipients in federal living arrangement code B.

Living independently with an ineligible spouse - Includes recipients living in their own households with an ineligible spouse.

Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse - Includes recipients in federal living arrangement code B who have an ineligible spouse.

In private non-medical group home or natural residential settings - Restricted to recipients who require a supportive living arrangement and reside in private non-medical group homes or in a natural residential setting with support. Eligibility is based on certification, on an individual basis, by 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 all eligible persons, including children, living in the arrangements listed under "Payment Levels." Residents of emergency shelters or patients in medical facilities where Medicaid pays more than 50 percent of the cost of care are not eligible for supplementation.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

None.

Income Disregards

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

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/ssi/benefits.htm
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/ssi/ssi_e.htm

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