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<h1>State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January&nbsp;2008</h1>
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<h1>Wisconsin</h1>
<h2>State Supplementation</h2>
<h3>Mandatory Minimum Supplementation</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Administration:</span> No recipients.</p>
<h3>Optional State Supplementation</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Administration:</span> State Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Disability and Elder Services.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Effective date:</span> January&nbsp;1, 1974.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Statutory basis for payment:</span> Wisconsin Statutes&nbsp;49.77 and 49.775.</p>
<h4>Funding</h4>
<p><span class="h5">Administration:</span> State funds.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Assistance:</span> State funds.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Passalong method:</span> Maintaining total expenditures.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Place of application:</span> Social Security Administration field offices.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Scope of coverage:</span> Optional state supplement provided to all eligible persons, including children, residing in the specified living arrangements. Residents of emergency shelters or patients in medical facilities where Medicaid pays more than 50&nbsp;percent of the cost of care are not eligible for supplementation.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Resource limitations:</span> Federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> regulations apply.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Income exclusions:</span> Federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> regulations apply.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Recoveries, liens, and assignments:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Financial responsibility of relatives:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Interim assistance:</span> State participates.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Payment calculation method:</span> Recipients residing in the specified living arrangements are paid an established state supplement based on eligibility for a federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> benefit of at least $1.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Payment levels:</span> See Table&nbsp;1.</p>
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<caption><span class="tableNumber">Table&nbsp;1. </span>Optional state supplementation payment levels, January&nbsp;2008 (in dollars)</caption>
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<th class="stubHeading" rowspan="2" scope="colgroup">Living arrangement</th>
<th class="spanner" colspan="2" scope="colgroup">Combined federal and state</th>
<th class="spanner" colspan="2" scope="colgroup">State supplementation</th>
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<th scope="col">Individual</th>
<th scope="col">Couple</th>
<th scope="col">Individual</th>
<th scope="col">Couple</th>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living independently</th>
<td>720.78</td>
<td>1,088.05</td>
<td>83.78</td>
<td>132.05</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living in the household of another</th>
<td>508.45</td>
<td>769.39</td>
<td>83.78</td>
<td>132.05</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living independently with an ineligible spouse</th>
<td>767.43</td>
<td>&#8230;</td>
<td>130.43</td>
<td>&#8230;</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse </th>
<td>559.72</td>
<td>&#8230;</td>
<td>135.05</td>
<td>&#8230;</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Private nonmedical group home or natural residential setting</th>
<td>816.77</td>
<td>1,433.41</td>
<td>179.77</td>
<td>477.41</td>
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<td class="firstNote" colspan="5">SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Office of Income Security Programs; state information.</td>
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<td class="note" colspan="5">NOTES: A caretaker supplement is provided to <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> recipients with children: $250 for first child; $150 for each additional child.</td>
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<td class="note" colspan="5">&#8230; = not applicable.</td>
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<td class="lastNote" colspan="5">DEFINITIONS:
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<dt>Living independently.</dt>
<dd>Includes recipients living in their own households, in private medical treatment facilities where Medicaid pays 50&nbsp;percent or less of the cost of their care, or in nonmedical institutions. Also includes persons in medical facilities who are classified in a federal Code&nbsp;A living arrangement under <span class="nobr">section 1611(e)(1)(E)</span> of the Social Security Act.</dd>
<dt>Living in the household of another.</dt>
<dd>Includes recipients residing in a federal Code&nbsp;B living arrangement.</dd>
<dt>Living independently with an ineligible spouse.</dt>
<dd>Includes recipients living in their own household with an ineligible spouse.</dd>
<dt>Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse.</dt>
<dd>Includes recipients residing in a federal Code&nbsp;B living arrangement who have an ineligible spouse.</dd>
<dt>Private nonmedical group home or natural residential setting.</dt>
<dd>Restricted to recipients who require a supportive living arrangement and reside in private nonmedical group homes or in a natural residential setting with support. Eligibility is based on certification, on an individual basis, by the state.</dd>
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<p><span class="h4">Number of recipients:</span> See Table&nbsp;2.</p>
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<caption><span class="tableNumber">Table&nbsp;2. </span>Number of persons receiving optional state supplementation, January&nbsp;2008</caption>
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<th class="stubHeading" rowspan="2" scope="colgroup">Living arrangement</th>
<th rowspan="2" scope="colgroup">Total</th>
<th rowspan="2" scope="colgroup">Aged</th>
<th rowspan="2" scope="colgroup">Blind</th>
<th class="spanner" colspan="2" scope="colgroup">Disabled</th>
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<th scope="col">Adults</th>
<th scope="col">Children</th>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">All recipients</th>
<td>100,217</td>
<td>8,699</td>
<td>933</td>
<td>65,122</td>
<td>25,463</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living independently</th>
<td>66,876</td>
<td>5,724</td>
<td>495</td>
<td>38,880</td>
<td>21,777</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living in the household of another</th>
<td>5,608</td>
<td>326</td>
<td>81</td>
<td>4,138</td>
<td>1,063</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living independently with an ineligible spouse</th>
<td>6,179</td>
<td>907</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>5,217</td>
<td>4</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Living in the household of another with an ineligible spouse</th>
<td>68</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>0</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Private nonmedical group home or natural residential setting</th>
<td>21,486</td>
<td>1,726</td>
<td>306</td>
<td>16,835</td>
<td>2,619</td>
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<td class="onlyNote" colspan="6">SOURCE: State information.</td>
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<p><span class="h4">Total expenditures:</span> The state reported expenditures of $132,454,289 for calendar year 2007 in state-administered payments to <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> recipients.</p>
<h2>State Assistance for Special Needs</h2>
<h3>Administration</h3>
<p>State Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Disability and Elder Services.</p>
<h3>Special Needs Circumstances</h3>
<p>State administers special needs supplementary payments to cover care in nonmedical facilities and natural residential settings. Recipients with dependent children are eligible for a higher level of supplementation.</p>
<h2>Medicaid</h2>
<h3>Eligibility</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Criteria:</span> <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> program guidelines (Title&nbsp;XVI).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Determined by:</span> Social Security Administration.</p>
<h3>Medically Needy Program</h3>
<p>State provides a program for the aged, blind, and disabled medically needy.</p>
<h3>Unpaid Medical Expenses</h3>
<p>The Social Security Administration does not obtain this information.</p>
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