529 Prior Receipt of SSI Cash
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529 Prior Receipt of SSI Cash

 

 

 

Revised 12/18/2020

Policy

Persons who received SSI Cash in the past may be eligible for SSI MAO in the Disabled Adult Child (DAC), Disabled Widow/Widower (DWW), or Pickle category. Use the table below to see if the person meets the requirement for any of these groups:

 

To qualify for…

The person must have…

Disabled Adult Child (DAC)

  • Received Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits on the basis of blindness or disability before reaching age 22; and

  • Become ineligible for SSI Cash because of the amount of their Social Security DAC benefit (see MA511).

Disabled Widow/Widower (DWW)

At any time since January 1, 1991:

  • Received SSI or State Supplementary Payments (SSP);

  • Received an SSI or SSP benefit for the month before the Social Security DWW benefit began; and

  • Become ineligible for the SSI or SSP benefit because of the amount of the Social Security DWW benefit (see MA512).

Pickle

At any time since April 1977:

  • Received SSI or SSP benefits AND Social Security benefits at the same time for at least one month; and

  • While receiving both Social Security and SSI or SSP, become ineligible for the SSI or SSP benefit.

 

Definitions

Term

Definition

SSP

Payments made by a state to supplement SSI Cash benefits.

Arizona does not have an SSP program, but the person may have received the payment in another state.

 

Proof

Accept either of the following as proof that a person has received SSI Cash or SSP in the past:

 

Legal Authority

Program

Legal Authorities

SSI-MAO

42 USC 1383c

42 CFR 435.135, 435.137, 435.138

AAC R9-22-1505