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SSI State Supplement - New York

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

General Information

NOTE: Both State and Federal agencies administer SSI Supplements in New York. The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance administers an additional payment to some SSI recipients in Medicaid facilities. This payment is called a State Supplemental Personal Needs Allowance. The Social Security Administration administers all other supplemental payments.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) provided the data shown in the table. The New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) provided the Congregate Care data. 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 2009.

If you are using this version of WorkWORLD after January 1, 2010, you should contact your SSA Claims Representative or the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for the updated numbers. You may also be able to find updated information on the SSA website at:
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11146.html

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

Payment Levels

Notes

[a] The minimum personal needs allowance is $130.

[b] Payment levels differ by geographic area. Area A is New York City; Area B is Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester counties; and Area C is all other counties.

[c] The minimum personal needs allowance is $150.

[d] The minimum personal needs allowance is $178.

[e] Recipients in nursing homes licensed by DOH receive an additional monthly grant of $25 issued by OTDA called a State Supplemental Personal Needs Allowance (SSPNA). Residents of other medical facilities receive an SSPNA of $5. It is issued by OTDA to SSI recipients who are New York State residents and reside in health care facilities defined in Section 2801 of the New York State Public Health Law (i.e., hospitals and nursing homes).

[f] The Living in household of another category includes recipients whose federal benefit has been reduced by the "value of the 1/3 reduction" (VTR) due to the federal determination that they are both: a) living in someone else's household, and b) receiving some amount of free or subsidized food and shelter (room and board).

Living Arrangement Definitions

A - Living alone - Includes recipients living either alone, with foster children, with an authorized homemaker, or with a family care home placed by an authorized agency. Also includes recipients living with others but either paying a flat fee for both room and board or preparing their meals separately.

B - Living with others - Includes recipients who reside in a dwelling with others and either:

1) prepare food in common with at least one other person in the dwelling;

2) are members of a religious community; or

3) are children who have not been included in state living arrangement C or D.

C - Living in a congregate care facility, level I - Includes OCFS certified Family Type Homes, and OMH or OMRDD certified Family Care Homes.

D - Living in a congregate care facility, level II - Includes DOH certified Residences for Adults, and OMH or OMRDD certified Community Residences, Individualized Residential Alternatives and OASAS certified Chemical Dependence Residential Services.

E - Living in a congregate care facility, level III - Includes DOH certified Adult Homes and Enriched Housing programs, and OMRDD certified Schools for the Mentally Retarded.

F - Living in the household of another - Includes all recipients in federal Code B. and for New York State purposes is considered part of the living with others living arrangement.

Z – Living in a Medicaid facility – Includes all recipients in federal Code D. An additional State-administered supplement is provided to those recipients residing in a federal Code D living arrangement who are New York State residents and reside in residential health care facilities defined in Section 2801 of the New York State Public Health Law (e.g., nursing homes), and ICFs.

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 for every SSI recipient including children* except those living in publicly operated residences having more than 16 residents, in publicly operated emergency shelters, or in Medicaid facilities where Medicaid pays less than 50 percent of the cost of care. Children are eligible for optional State supplementation at the congregate care Level I and Level II* rates, and the living with others rate. Congregate care is provided in a non-medical setting. Supplementation for congregate care varies according to geographical area.

*Children must be placed in facilities certified by the Office of Mental Health or the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities or the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

Recoveries, Liens, and Assignments

None.

Relative Responsibility

Spouse for spouse; parents for children under age 21.

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://www.otda.state.ny.us/main/directives/2008/INF/08-INF-19-AttachmentA-SSI-Benefit-Levels-Chart.pdf

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) In New York, SSA Publication No. 05-11146, [latest available edition], online at:
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11146.html

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