How to Treat Separated and Divorced Couples for Eligibility Purposes

Divorced people are treated as individuals while separated people are treated as a couple

WORK – Exemptions from TANF Work

Exemptions from TANF Work

How to Retro-Certify Short Term Medical (NON SSP)

Instructions on Retro-Certifying a Short Term Medical – previous denial from SSA.

Income – Social Security COLA and Continued Eligibility

When the annual COLA makes a client over income, the benefit can stay open till the new standards come out.

Fleeing Felons

What benefits can a fleeing felon be eligible for?

Categorical Relationship

Categorical Relationship for ABD

SSI-Criteria State Blind Working Expenses (BWE) & Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE)

Expenses that allow people with disabilities and specifically people who are blind to work can be exempted from their earned income. The expenses allow the individual to participate in gainful work activities. They are allowed the amount they actually spend on the item for each month. Non-recurring expenses may not be annualized. The following are […]

State Data Exchange (SDX) Recipient Payee Codes

Block 001 – Social Security Number Block 002 – Name Block 003 – Date of Birth Note: Blocks 004 – 010 are addressed in article IMS: State Data Exchange (SDX) Payment Status Codes. Block 011 Source File Block 012 – Recipient type AI – Aged Individual AS – Aged Spouse BI – Blind Individual BS […]

BENDEX Payment Status Codes

Block B20 refers to the Payment Status Code – Displays the SSA payment status for the beneficiary. The Codes are broken down in the following categories. Adjustment Abatement Current Pay Deferred Denied Delayed Suspended Terminated Uninsured Withdrawal Other Adjustment AA Withdrawal To Split Payments AC Correction In Benefit Rate AD Adjusted For Dual Entitlement AE […]

Group Home Residents

340:50-5-27 340:50-5-7.1(3) In order for individuals in a Group Home for Disabled or Blind individuals to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the facility must be a public or private nonprofit residential facility that serves no more than sixteen residents and is certified by the Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD); or by the Food […]