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HRD-78-145 1 (1978-05-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 06197 - EB13864141 States Should Be Fully Reimbursed for Interim Assistance to Supplemental Security Income Recipients. HRD-78-1o5; B-164031(4). May 15, 1978. 30 pp. + 2 appendices (7 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elder 8 Staats, ComptrolleA General. Issue Area: Income Security Programs: Program Monitoring and Administration (1303); Income Security Programs: Consolidating, Streamlining, or Providing Alternatives to Present Programs (1305). Contact: Human Resources Div. Budget Function: Income Security: Public Assistance and Othet Incom. Supplements (604). Organizacion Concerned: Department of Health* Education, and Welfare; Social Security Administration. Congressional Relevance: Bon se Committee on Uays and Means; Senate Committee on Finance; Congress. Authority: Social Security Amendments of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 1381; 42 U.S.C. 13831g)). Many applicants for Supplemental Security Income (5SX) benefits need financial aid until they receive their first benefit payment which may be delayed for over a year until eligibility is established. This aid is often prcided by State or local welfare agencies. The Interim Assistance Reimbursement (IAR) Frogram was established to provide a means of reimbursing States or counties for such assistance. Findings/Conclusions: State agencies are not being fully reimbursed for the aid provided. Four California counties studied wore reimbursed by the Social Security Administration in only 26% of cases intended for coverage uDder the IAR prcgram. From January through April 1976, Social Security paid an estioatpd $658,000 to SSI applicants that it should have sent to these counties. Duplicate payments are made and, on some occasions, clients continue to receive benefits from both the welfare agency and Social Security. Problems exist because of: inadequate instruction to Social Security district offices, lack of coordination between district offices and welfare agencies, and Foor execution of procedures by agencies. Many of the difficulties experienced are because two agencies are responsible for making payments to individuals during the same period. If responsibility for providing interim assistance were placed with Social Security, it would reduce problems. Recommendations: TLe Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) should: (1) experiment with alternative methods for providing interim assistance to SSI applicants which will more fully reimburse welfare agencies; and (2) provide the Congress with a report comparing the present program design, with revisions, and the alternative methods. The Congress should grant authority to HEW to experiment with alternative methods which are less complex. (Author/HTW)

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