Appendix A: Personal Care Supplement Amounts and Income Eligibility Limits

Personal Care Supplement Amounts

Personal Care Supplemental -- DOM Care (2014)

                  Individual -- $434.30

                  Couple---    $947.40

Personal Care Supplement—DOM Care (2013)

Individual—$434.30

Couple—   $947.40

Personal Care Supplement—PCH (2014)

Individual—$439.30

Couple—   $957.40

Personal Care Supplement—PCH (2013)

Individual—$439.30

Couple—   $957.40

55 Pa Code 299.37

Personal Needs Allowance (PNA)

                   Dom Care Home             $185.30 (2014)

Dom Care Home              $180.30 (2013)

Personal Care Home       $  85.00 (no change noted in 2014)

Income Eligibility Limits (Effective 1/1/14)

Dom Care Home

Individual--  $1,155.30

Couple---    $ 2,029.40

Dom Care Home (2013)

Individual—$1,144.30

Couple—   $2,013.40

Personal Care Supplement (2014)

 Individual-- $ 1,160.30

Couple--      $ 2,039.40

Personal Care Supplement (2013)

Individual—$1,149.30

Couple—   $ 2,023.40

Note:  Above amounts include the Federal Benefit Rate of $710.00 for an individual and $1,066.00 for a couple and the personal care supplement.

Reminder: There is a $20.00 income disregard for most types of income. See Chapter 387: Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Updated December 11, 2013,  Replacing January 1, 2013