Wisconsin Supplemental Security Income
Information about the Exceptional Expense Supplement for Recipients of
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in Wisconsin
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PDE-3128 - revised 02/2007
View the SSI-E Administration
Policy.
This program is administered by the Department of Health and Family
Services and county agencies and provides a monthly cash benefit to eligible SSI
recipients.
What are SSI-E benefits?
A monthly cash benefit of up to $95.99 is added to the State SSI payment
of each SSI recipient who meets the program requirements and is certified for the benefit
by a county agency.
Who is eligible for SSI-E benefits?
- SSI recipients whose expenses are greater than the SSI-E payment level
($802.77 in 2007)
and live in one of the following licensed or certified facilities:
- Foster home for children
- Group home for children
- Licensed or Certified adult family/foster home
- CBRF of 20 beds or less
- Certified Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC)
or
- SSI recipients who live in their own household or another's household who pay their
share of household expenses and who need at least 40 hours of primary long-term support
services each month.
How do SSI recipients apply for SSI-E?
SSI recipients who wish to apply for SSI-E should contact their county
department of social or
human services to request an assessment for SSI-E. The county
agency will provide or arrange for an assessment and determine whether the SSI recipient
meets the SSI-E eligibility criteria.
Applicants will be informed in writing of the
agency's decision. Approved applications will be forwarded by the county agency to the
DHFS State SSI Program and the applicant's State SSI payment will be increased.
Recipients have the right to appeal any action that reduces or terminates their
benefits. Requests for hearings should be sent to:
- Division of Hearings and Appeals
P.O. Box 7875
Madison, WI 53707-7875
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Last Revised: February 16, 2007
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