Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 17b - Social Services
198 - The State-Administered General Assistance Program
Section 17b-198-10 - Calculation of benefits
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 17b-198-10
Current through March 14, 2024
(a) Method.
(1) For an eligible assistance unit consisting of a married person whose spouse is included in his or her needs group, the monthly benefit payment shall be determined by:
(A) Selecting the appropriate payment standard pursuant to subsection (b) of this section;
(B) Subtracting from the appropriate payment standard the monthly applied income of such assistance unit's needs group;
(C) Multiplying the resulting amount by an amount calculated by dividing the amount that would be applied as a payment standard under subsection (b) of this section if such person were unmarried by the appropriate payment standard for such person; and
(D) Rounding down to the nearest whole dollar.
(2) For all other eligible assistance units, the monthly benefit payment shall be determined by:
(A) Selecting the appropriate payment standard pursuant to subsection (b) of this section;
(B) Subtracting from the appropriate payment standard the monthly applied income of such assistance unit's needs group; and
(C) Rounding down to the nearest whole dollar.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection:
(A) The department shall prorate the benefit amount calculated pursuant to said subdivisions for the first month assistance is granted if such assistance is granted on a day other than the first day of the month;
(B) In any month in which an assistance unit member leaves the community and begins residing in a rated housing facility or a licensed residential care home on a day other than the first day of the month, the department shall issue a payment to such facility or home prorated according to the number of days such member resided in such facility or home; and
(C) In any month in which an assistance unit member returns to the community from a rated housing facility or a licensed residential care home on a day other than the last day of the month, the department shall issue one payment to such facility or home prorated according to the number of days such member resided in such facility or home, and one payment to such member prorated according to the number of days such member resided in the community.
(4) Any prorating required pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be completed prior to the rounding required under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. In the event that a benefit payment is reduced for the purpose of recouping a past overpayment, as described in section 17b-198-17 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, such rounding shall not be performed until after such reduction has been calculated. In no event shall the department issue a benefit payment when, after the prorating required pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection, the total benefit amount is less than one dollar.
(b) Payment standard.
(1) The appropriate payment standard shall be determined as follows:
(A) For an unmarried person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who (i) lives with a TFA family assistance unit, and (ii) is no longer a member of such assistance unit due to attaining eighteen years of age, the payment standard shall be an amount calculated by subtracting the TFA payment standard for such family assistance unit from the TFA payment standard that would be applied for such family assistance unit if such person was still a member of such family assistance unit;
(B) For a person residing in a rated housing facility or a licensed residential care home, the payment standard shall be the monthly rate for residential services established for the particular facility or home in which such person resides;
(C) For any person not referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision who is unmarried or whose spouse is not included in his or her needs group, the payment standard shall be (i) two hundred nineteen dollars if the department deems such person unemployable, (ii) two hundred nineteen dollars if the department deems such person transitional and such person is obligated to pay shelter costs, and (iii) fifty-five dollars if the department deems such person transitional and such person is not obligated to pay such shelter costs or resides in an emergency shelter;
(D) For any person not referred to in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of this subdivision whose needs group includes a spouse who is receiving or is also requesting and eligible for assistance pursuant to SAGA, the payment standard shall be calculated by (i) determining the amount that would be applied as a payment standard for such person pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this subdivision if such person was unmarried, (ii) determining the amount that would be applied as a payment standard for such person's spouse pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this subdivision if such spouse was unmarried, and (iii) adding such amounts together; and
(E) For any married person not referred to in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of this subdivision whose needs group includes a spouse who is not requesting or is ineligible for assistance pursuant to SAGA, the payment standard shall be calculated by doubling the amount that would be applied as a payment standard for such person pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this subdivision if such person was unmarried.
(2) The payment standards described in subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be increased annually in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-104 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(3) For purposes of applying the provisions of subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, a person shall be considered a resident of a rated housing facility or licensed residential care home if he or she does not maintain a separate residence outside such facility or home. A person who is temporarily absent from such a facility or home where he or she resides shall continue to be considered a resident of such facility or home if such person does not enter into another permanent housing agreement during the period of absence and is expected to return to such facility or home not later than the last day of the month following the month that such person became temporarily absent from such facility or home.
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