For each, thereare two sets of eligibility criteria: financial criteriaand medical criteria. For children, the financialcriteria are based on the income and resources ofthe child and the parents who are living in the same household with the child.Randi Mandelbaum...
SSI benefitsare available to eligible adults and children with disabilities and limited income, as well as people 65 and older with limited income. The SSA evaluates applications to see whether people meet the requirements for maximum income and other resources. People who qualify can receive a set...
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program provides monthly payments to adults and children with a disability or blindness who have income and resources bel…
Supplemental Security Income or Title XVI (also known as SSI). To be eligible for this program, a person must be disabled and “resources” below established limits (needs based program). Children may be eligible for SSI based on their disability, but parents need to meet the resource limits...
Cites the findings of a study showing little progress for substance abusers receiving supplemental security income (SSI) benefits. Legislation limiting SSI benefit for drug addicts and alcoholics; Inclusion of priority-status provision in law introduced by Senator William Cohen; Estimated number of drug...
Under federal law, parents of minor children diagnosed with major mental illness have the option of applying for social security income (SSI) to assist with the child's support. According to federal guidelines, the child must meet criteria for "disability" and "medically determinable impairment"...
In 1996, as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation (Welfare Reform) Act, Congress redefined the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) definition of disability for children and removed the individual functional assessment (IFA) step from the disability determination process. ...
The passage of the welfare reform law included curtailing cash assistance for children who are characterized as disabled. Under the new guidelines, a child's impairment or combination of impairments is disabling if it causes marked and severe functional limitations. As many as 135,000 children will...
Journal of Dentistry for ChildrenSlayton RL, Damiano PC, Willard JC. Perceived dental needs of children enrolled in Iowa's Medicaid Supplemental Security Income (SSI) health plan. ASDC J Dent Child. 2001;68(3):206-10, 152.Slayton, R. L., P. C. Damiano, and J. C. Willard. 2001. `...
This study evaluates the effects of plan choice (partially capitated managed care versus fee-for-service) on whether children with disabilities eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and enrolled in the District of Columbia's Medicaid program are in compliance with the guidelines for health...