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UpdatedWorker Guide to Continuous Eligibility for Children

Last Updated June 22, 2026

Children need to stay continuously eligible for medical
Reference: 42 CFR § 435.926

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Programs Topics: 12, baby, boy. Girl, Certify, Children, close, continuous eligibility, Disability, infant, juvenile, kid, Medicaid, Medical, Minor, Months, Newborn, OHCA, SoonerCare, SSI, teenager, toddler, twelve, under 18

SSI Recipients and Countable Income

Last Updated August 10, 2026

Count only the income showing on the SDX screen

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Programs Topics: ABD, Aged, Blind, block, coding, countable, deemed, Disabled, divert, earned, Eligibility, enter, FACS, Income, Medicaid, Medical, Other, Parent, QMBP, Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Plus, RSDI, SDX, SoonerCare, Spouse, SSI, SSP, State Supplemental Payment, supplemental security income, unearned

UpdatedComprehensive Income Reference Guide

Last Updated May 7, 2026

Link to Comprehensive Income Reference Guide PDF

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Child Care Subsidy, Programs, SNAP, TANF Topics: adoption subsidy, Child Support, contributions, Dividends, Earned Income, Educational Assistance, Foster Care Payments, In-kind Income, Income, lump sum, SNAP, SSI, Unearned Income, unemployment, veterans income

How to Code SSI Income to Count Correctly for SNAP and SSP

Last Updated April 10, 2025

To show how to code the income on a case to count correctly for both programs SNAP and ABD

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Programs Topics: ABD, diverted income, Earned Income, FACS, IMS, Income Tab, SDX, SSI, State Data Exchange, supplemental security income, terminated income

Income – Garnishment, Overpayment, Deferments, or Suspension Status

Last Updated August 21, 2025

For ABD benefits, always count the gross.

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) Topics: ABD, Aged, Blind, buy-in. Medicare Savings Program, Disability, Disabled, earned, garnishment, Income, Lien, Medicaid, Medical, Medicare premium, Overpayment, Paycheck, QI-1, QMBP, Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Plus, Qualifying Individual, Retirement, RSDI, Salary, SLMB, Social Security, SoonerCare, Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary, SSA, SSI, SSP, State Supplemental Payment, UIB, unearned, unemployment, VA, Veterans Administration

UpdatedBroad Based Categorical Eligibility Policy

Last Updated May 19, 2026

Information regarding BBCE and Procedures associated with it.

Subject: Programs, SNAP Topics: BBCE, broad based categorical eligibility, case closure, Categorical Eligibility, Changes, gross income standard, income guidelines, SNAP, SSI, TANF

Lump Sums

Last Updated December 27, 2024

Provide Policy Interpretations regarding ABD Cases and Lump Sums

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) Topics: 9 months, ABD, Exempt, Income, lump sum, Lump Sum payments, Resource, RSDI, Social Security, Spenddown, SSI

SSI and Child Care Coding

Last Updated February 27, 2024

Coding examples of when a child care recipient receives SSI.

Subject: Child Care Subsidy Topics: Child Care, Copayment, Eligible, guardian, Household, Parent, SSI, supplemental security income

Premature Infant Medical

Last Updated February 15, 2023

Information regarding medical application for Premature Infant

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) Topics: 37 weeks, baby, birth weight, Categorical Relationship, Income Consideration, LOCEU, payee with guardian, premature infant, SSI, SSI applications, State Supplemental Payment

SNAP SSA Joint Processing

Last Updated January 18, 2023

SSA OHS Agreement

Subject: SNAP Topics: Joint Processing, SNAP, SNAP application, Social Security Administration, SSA, SSI, supplemental security income

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Topic: SSI