2180 Other General Program Requirements
2181 Not Receiving SSI (Not Applicable to Medical, Food Stamps, or Child Care) - Recipients of SSI are not eligible for cash assistance, but are eligible for medical upon application. (See 2630.) Adult clients of Temporary Assistance for Families and General Assistance who are potentially eligible for SSI (i.e., 65 or older or physically or mentally incapacitated with a condition that is expected to last 12 months or longer or result in death) must apply for such benefits to remain eligible for assistance pending the SSI eligibility determination.
See 1724 regarding the Social Security Disability Advocacy Project which specifies client responsibilities to pursue disability benefits through the Social Security Administration and KLS's involvement in that process. For persons who are potentially eligible for SSI during periods of SSI suspension or termination, the person must seek to have such benefits reinstated.
NOTE: When the Social Security Administration determines retroactive SSI payments, a person's share of TAF benefits received is deducted. If only one person was on the TAF plan, the amount reported to SSA would be the actual grant amount received. If the assistance plan was for two or more, determine the person's share by deducting from the TAF grant amount received, the grant amount that would have been received had the person been receiving SSI and not TAF. The difference is that person's share of TAF. Generally, a shared living need standard must be used to determine the grant amount had the SSI person been excluded. (See Table II Standards section in the Appendix.)
2182 Fugitive Felons and Probation and Parole Violators (Not Applicable to Medical or Child Care) - There is ineligibility for cash assistance and food stamps for persons who are either fugitives from justice by reason of a felony conviction or charge or in violation of a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal or state law. Action to deny or terminate assistance can only be taken if evidence of such fugitive status or violation of probation/parole is obtained from such sources as law enforcement officials or parole officers or if it is reported by the household.
NOTE: FOR FOOD STAMPS, the provisions of 2182 take precedence over other statuses that would result in a food stamp household member being ineligible for food stamps. Specifically, these sections take precedence over non-household member status of a student, and excluded statuses due to failure to provide or apply for an SSN; ABAWD status or ineligible alien status. See 4212.1 and 4212.2.
2183 Reserved