Supplemental Security Income - Ssi Categorical Eligibility Requirements

SSI categorical eligibility requirements

The standard requirements for the three basic categories of SSI recipients are clearly delineated.

• • Aged. The person is at least sixty-five years old.
• • Blind. The person is totally blind or has very poor eyesight that prevents substantial gainful activity (SGA) (defined in 2000 as earnings of at least $1,170 per month).
• • Disabled. The person has a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that is expected to last twelve months or to result in death, and prevents the person (age eighteen or over) from doing SGA ($700 per month in 2000). Because children cannot be evaluated on the basis of their ability to do work, children under eighteen must have severe functional limitations.