The following is the process for a claimant to file for SSI before they transition
out of foster care. NOTE: Applicants are not eligible for presumptive disability payments.
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The field office (FO) establishes the application in Modernized Supplemental Security
Income Claims System (MSSICS) and builds the Supplemental Security Record (SSR) as
a disabled individual (DI) or a blind individual (BI) with payment status (PSY) code
H80.
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The FO enters the case into EDCS. Before the case is sent to the DDS, the FO will
complete the SSA-3367 (Disability Report – Field Office), see SI 00601.011.D.4 in this section.
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The FO sends the case to Disability Determination Services (DDS) as a DI or BI. The
MSSICS event remains open and the SSR remains in PSY H80, while the DDS develops the
medical issue.
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The DDS makes an adult medical determination and inputs the determination.
EXCEPTION: If the claimant has not attained age 18 as of the application filing date, the DDS
will input the medical determination when the claimant attains age 18.
NOTE: If the claimant meets the non-medical SSI eligibility factors in the month they attain
age 18 or in an earlier month, inform the DDS that we need both a child and an adult
medical determination. If the DDS makes a medical allowance determination, the FO
contacts the claimant to conduct the pre-effectuation review contact (PERC) (update
the MSSICS screens and complete the non-medical development needed) to adjudicate
the claim, and to effectuate payment.
NOTE: A medical denial determination input by DDS closes the pending MSSICS event and
posts the medical denial code to the SSR usually without additional FO action.