To be eligible for SCSA-funded services at no cost, you must:
(1) Be age:
(a) Sixty-five or older; or
(b) Sixty or older, and:
(i) Either unemployed, or
(ii) Working twenty hours a week or less;
(2) Have a physical, mental, or other type of impairment, which without services would prevent you from remaining in your home;
(3) Have income at or below forty percent of the state median income (SMI), based on family size; and
(4) Have nonexempt resources (including cash, marketable securities, and real or personal property) not exceeding ten thousand dollars for a single person or fifteen thousand for a family of two, increased by one thousand dollars for each additional family member of the household. Household means a person living alone or a group of people living together.
(5) If you have income over forty percent of SMI, you may be eligible for services on a sliding fee basis.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
74.08.090,
74.09.520. WSR 05-11-082, § 388-106-1110, filed 5/17/05, effective 6/17/05.]