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Combined Manual

Combined Manual


HSP BASES OF ELIGIBILITY

ISSUE DATE: 03/2026

MFIP, SNAP, MSA, GA:
No provisions.


HSP:
People have a basis of eligibility for HSP if they:

Are SSI recipients.

 

OR

Would be eligible for SSI EXCEPT for excess income AND:

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Are age 65 or older, or will be age 65 in the application month. See 0013.18.03 (HSP Basis - Age 65 or Older).

 

OR

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Are blind. See 0013.18.06 (HSP Basis - Blind).

 

OR

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Are age 18 or older and disabled. See 0013.18.09 (HSP Basis - Disabled Age 18 and Older).

 

OR

Have a verified disabling condition that limits the ability to work and provide self-support according to 1 of the following categories:

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Permanent illness. See 0013.18.15 (HSP Basis - Permanent Illness).

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Temporary illness. See 0013.18.18 (HSP Basis - Temporary Illness).

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Requires services in residence. See 0013.18.12 (HSP Basis – Requires Services in Residence).

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Unemployable. See 0013.18.21 (HSP Basis - Unemployable).

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION as having a developmental disability or mental illness. See 0013.18.24 (HSP Basis - DD/MI).

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Application or appeal pending for Social Security Disability or SSI. See 0013.18.27 (HSP Basis - SSD/SSI Appl/Appeal Pend).

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Advanced age. See 0013.18.30 (HSP Basis - Advanced Age).

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Learning disability. See 0013.18.33 (HSP Basis - Learning Disability).

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Drug/alcohol addiction. See 0013.18.36 (HSP Basis - Drug/Alcohol Addiction).

 

OR

Are exiting residential behavioral health treatment without stable housing. See 0013.18.39 (HSP Basis - Transition From Residential Treatment).

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PREVIOUS REVISIONS

DateNotes
08/2020 in GRH adds a new last bullet for a basis of eligibility when exiting residential behavioral health treatment without stable housing.
08/2015 in GRH adds and deletes information throughout.
10/2012 update Food Support and FS to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and FSET to SNAP E&T throughout. No policy was changed.

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