TANF

The income of an SSI recipient is exempt.

If the SSI recipient contributes to a member of the TANF unit, the contributions policy in A-1326.1.1 , Contributions from Noncertified Household Members, applies.

Exception: All of the SSI benefits are exempt when the SSI recipient meets one of the following criteria.

The SSI recipient would otherwise be an eligible member of the TANF unit.

The SSI recipient would otherwise be someone whose income is "applied" to the TANF unit.

A TANF-certified member is the SSI recipient's payee .

Note: This policy applies to people who cannot get SSI financial assistance because of earnings but who continue to get SSI Medicaid.