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Combined Manual

Combined Manual


GA BASES OF ELIGIBILITY

ISSUE DATE: 03/2026

MFIP, SNAP, MSA, HSP:
No provisions.


GA:
People age 18 or older have a basis of eligibility for GA if they meet the requirements in 1 of the following categories:

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Permanent illness. See 0013.15.03 (GA Basis - Permanent Illness).

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Temporary illness. See 0013.15.06 (GA Basis - Temporary Illness).

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Needed in the home to care for another person. See 0013.15.09 (GA Basis - Caring for Another Person).

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Placement in a Facility. See 0011.21 (Receipt of Other Assistance), 0013.15.12 (GA Basis – Placement in a Facility).

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Unemployable. See 0013.15.18 (GA Basis - Unemployable).

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Medically certified as having developmental disabilities or mental illness. See 0013.15.24 (GA Basis - DD/MI).

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Have an application or an appeal pending for Social Security Disability or SSI. See 0013.15.27 (GA Basis, SSD/SSI Application/Appeal Pending).

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Advanced age. See 0013.15.30 (GA Basis - Advanced Age).

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Full-time student eligible for displaced homemaker services. See 0013.15.33 (GA Basis - Displaced Homemakers).

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Performing court-ordered services. See 0013.15.39 (GA Basis - Performing Court Ordered Services).

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Learning disabled. See 0013.15.42 (GA Basis - Learning Disabled).

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High school students age 18 and older whose primary language is not English. See 0013.15.48 (GA Basis - English Not Primary Language).

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Drug/alcohol addiction. See 0013.15.54 (GA Basis - Drug/Alcohol Addiction).



People under age 18 who are emancipated or at least age 16 have a basis of eligibility for GA if they are not pregnant and not living with parent, stepparent, or legal guardian. See 0013.15.51 (GA Basis - People Under Age 18).imageimageimage

PREVIOUS REVISIONS

DateNotes
09/2016 in GA deletes the 5th bullet because living in a battered women's shelter is no longer a valid GA basis.
12/2014 Removed WB.  This program was suspended 12/1/14.
06/2012 in GA in the 1st paragraph deletes the 11th bullet because excessive travel time to job is no longer a basis for GA. This is based on 2011 Legislative changes.

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