NOTE: This chapter does not cover interim assistance pending a fair hearing. For that information, see Supplemental Handbook Chapter 870.
Interim assistance is State Blind Pension (SBP) or General Assistance (GA) granted to individuals:
who have applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) until they receive their first SSI payment; or
whose SSI is suspended pending a renewal.
These individuals must:
meet all SBP or GA eligibility requirements; and
agree to repay the SBPor GA they receive while the SSI payment is pending.
A GA client whose SSI has been suspended must cooperate with the Social Security Administration in having his eligibility redetermined.
The CAO will authorize GA for those clients who are eligible. The CAO will review the case to ensure that SSA is reevaluating the client's eligibility. If not, the CAO will advise the client that he is required to cooperate with SSA.
Certain SSI recipients may also qualify for interim assistance if their SSI or other income check is lost, stolen, or delayed, or if a change in circumstances would entitle them to a higher SSI payment.
Reissued November 2, 2018, replacing November 14, 2013