GA ASSISTANCE STANDARDS
ISSUE DATE: 10/2024
MFIP, DWP, SNAP, MSA, GRH:
No provisions.
GA:
People who live in a licensed residential facility, receive Housing Support, or receive substance use disorder treatment services are eligible for the GA personal needs allowance. See 0020.24 (Personal Needs Allowance), 0013.15.12 (GA – Basis – Placement in a Facility), and 0013.15.54 (GA Basis – Drug/Alcohol Addiction).
Pay the personal needs allowance to the client or their authorized representative.
Residents of homeless or family violence shelters, and people with drug or alcohol addiction who live in the community and are not receiving substance use disorder treatment services, are eligible for the full GA basic needs standards. See 0013.15.54 (GA Basis – Drug/Alcohol Addiction).
All other GA recipients are eligible for the full GA basic needs standard:
ELIGIBLE PEOPLE | MONTHLY STANDARD |
One adult living alone | $350 |
One adult living with parent(s) or an ineligible spouse | $350 |
Minor or emancipated child not living with parent, stepparent, or legal custodian | $350 |
Married couple with no children | $350 (each eligible unit member receives $350) |
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