PDFWAC 388-474-0010

How does being a supplemental security income (SSI) client affect your cash assistance eligibility?

(1) If you are married to an SSI recipient but do not get SSI in your own right, you are called an "ineligible spouse."
(2) If you are an ineligible spouse you cannot get the SSI state supplement when you are:
(a) The caretaker relative of a child who receives TANF or SFA; and
(b) Required to be included in the TANF or SFA assistance unit with the child (see WAC 388-408-0015); or
(c) Receiving refugee assistance.
(3) If you are an ineligible spouse and get an SSI state supplement (WAC 388-474-0012), you cannot get aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash assistance.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.005, 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.100, 74.04.770, 74.04.0052, 74.04.655, 74.08.043, 74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c 36. WSR 12-10-042, § 388-474-0010, filed 4/27/12, effective 6/1/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090 and 74.04.630. WSR 02-11-033, § 388-474-0010, filed 5/7/02, effective 6/7/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.057, 74.04.050. WSR 01-19-023, § 388-474-0010, filed 9/12/01, effective 11/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. WSR 98-16-044, § 388-474-0010, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]