MFIP, SNAP:
No provisions.


DWP:
An allowance of up to $70 per month per DWP unit member to pay for expenses such as household products and personal products. See 0022.12 (How to Calc. Benefit Level - MFIP/DWP/GA).


MSA:
The personal needs allowance is $95. Consider this allowance as the standard of need for MSA clients who meet 1 of the criteria listed below. Also see 0020.21 (MSA Assistance Standards).

●	Clients in medical facilities where MA pays the cost of care.
●	SSI recipients who receive the $30 Federal Benefit Rate for federal living arrangement D, see 0029.06.03 (Supplemental Security Income Program).
●	Blind children who meet all the following requirements:

-	They live with their parents and would be ineligible for SSI or their SSI would be less if their parents' income or assets were counted.
	AND
-	They previously received a personal needs allowance from SSI when they were in a Title XIX (Medicaid) facility.
	AND
-	They receive MA under 1 of the following programs: TEFRA Option, Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver, Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals (CADI), or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). See the Insurance Affordability Programs/Health Care Manuals for information on these programs.

GA:
The personal needs allowance is $95 for clients in licensed residential facilities provided this need is not otherwise met.


GRH:
The personal needs allowance is $95. Allow the $95 as a deduction from net income before calculating the GRH payment. For clients who have insufficient income, it may be paid from GA.