INCOME FROM RSDI AND SSI
ISSUE DATE: 11/2024
Refer to each program to determine how to count RSDI and/or SSI income. Also see 0017.15.45.03 (How to Determine Gross RSDI).
For more information on RSDI and SSI, see 0029.06.03 (Supplemental Security Income Program), 0029.06.06 (Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance). Also see 0017.03 (Available or Unavailable Income) and 0015.60 (Evaluation of Lump Sums).
MFIP, DWP:
People receiving SSI are not eligible for MFIP or DWP. Do not budget SSI income toward the MFIP cash portion or the DWP grant.
See 0014.06 (Who Must be Excluded from Assistance Unit) for MFIP participants who are receiving SSI.
For each client who receives RSDI, count only the gross RSDI amount that exceeds the SSI standard amount for a household of 1 as unearned income. See 0029.06.03 (Supplemental Security Income Program).
SNAP:
Count gross RSDI and/or SSI as unearned income, EXCEPT for the following:
● | Exclude retroactive SSI benefit payments. The Social Security Administration may make payments for retroactive benefits in a 1-time lump sum payment, or in installments. |
● | Exclude any portion of RSDI and/or SSI payments that SSA recoups or that the client returns to the SSA to repay an overpayment. |
● | Exclude fees paid from SSI/RSDI to organizational representative payees as income. |
MSA:
For SSI recipients, count the client's Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) as gross unearned income, even if the actual SSI check is less. See 0029.06.03 (Supplemental Security Income Program).
For clients who are not current SSI recipients due to excess income:
● | Do not count retroactive SSI installment payments as income. |
● | Count current RSDI payments as unearned income in the month received. |
● | Count the gross amount of RSDI even if the SSA recoups a portion or the client returns part of the payment to the SSA to repay an overpayment. |
● | To determine retroactive MSA eligibility, budget retroactive RSDI as income for the period covered by the pended application that corresponds with the period covered by the retroactive benefits. |
GA:
Count the gross amount of SSI and RSDI awarded to the client as unearned income.
Do not count retroactive SSI and RSDI installment payments to an SSI recipient living in the household.
GRH:
For aged, blind, or disabled clients:
● | For SSI recipients, count the client’s Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) as gross unearned income, even if the actual SSI check is less. See 0029.06.03 (Supplemental Security Income Program). |
● | For clients who are not current SSI recipients due to excess income: |
- | Do not count retroactive SSI installment payments as income. |
- | Count current RSDI payments as income in the month received. |
- | Count the gross amount of RSDI, even if SSA recoups a portion or the client returns part of the payment to SSA to repay an overpayment. |
For all other adults, count the gross amount of RSDI awarded to the client as unearned income. 
PREVIOUS REVISIONS
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 09/2024 | RSDI income that is at or below the federal SSI level is not counted when determining or redetermining eligibility or benefits. This change applies to MFIP, DWP, and CCAP. |
| 07/2024 | Effective July 1, 2024, nonrecurring unearned income is not counted when determining or redetermining eligibility or benefits unless the income meets the definition of earned income or is identified as an unearned income source. This change applies to MFIP, DWP, RCA, GA, MSA, Housing Support, and CCAP. |
| 11/2019 | update cross-references to 0029.06.06 (Retirement, Survivors and Disability Insurance) due to section title change. No policy was changed. |
| 09/2019 | in SNAP readds the 2nd bullet to exclude any portion of SSI and/or RSDI payments that SSA recoups or that the client returns to the SSA to repay an overpayment. This was EFFECTIVE 08/01/19. |
| 08/2019 | in SNAP deletes to exclude any portion of RSDI or SSI payments that SSA recoups or that the client returns to the SSA to repay an overpayment. |
| 10/2016 | Updates section due to Legislative changes for Program Uniformity/Income. |
| 12/2014 | Removed WB. This program was suspended 12/1/14. |
| 05/2013 | in MFIP, WB, DWP deletes and adds language for clarity throughout. |
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