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Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes). It is designed to help aged, blind, and disabled people, who have little or no income; and it provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.

SSI benefits are generally available to families with incomes up to $24,000, and sometimes even a larger amount, depending on the number of people residing in the household and certain other factors. For eligible children, SSI can mean up to $422 a month, perhaps more, depending on the family income. In most states, children who qualify for as little as $1.00 of SSI are also eligible for free health care through Medicaid. Families should contact an attorney to apply for SSI, whether or not they have previously applied.

Eligibility

Those who are eligible for SSI include those aged 65 years or older, or those who are blind or disabled. Those eligible for SSI must have limited income, limited resources, and is a U.S. citizen or foreign national, or in one of certain categories of aliens.

The SSI limits for resources that are counted: $2,000 for an Individual/Child, $3,000 for a Couple.

To get SSI, you must be: a citizen or national of the United States; a non–citizen who meets the alien eligibility criteria under the 1996 legislation and its amendments.

If you are under age 18 you may be considered “disabled” if you have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment (including an emotional or learning problem), which results in marked and severe functional limitations, and can be expected to result in death; or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

If you are age 18 or older you may be considered “disabled” if you have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment (including an emotional or learning problem), which results in the inability to do any substantial gainful activity, and can be expected to result in death; or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

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