Any AFDC payments received prior to the first AFDC termination date communicated orally
by the State AFDC agency are income for SSI purposes.
Any AFDC payments issued and received on or after the first AFDC termination date
communicated orally by the State AFDC agency are not income for SSI purposes. (These payments should be brought to the AFDC agency's attention since they are AFDC
overpayments which are subject to recovery by that agency.)
EXAMPLE l: An individual is about to be put into SSI pay status. The State advises SSA orally
that the individual will be removed from the AFDC grant effective June 1. SSA later
receives written confirmation from the State indicating that the individual was, in
fact, removed from the grant effective June 1.
AFDC received prior to June 1 is income for SSI. There is no AFDC or SSI overpayment.
EXAMPLE 2: Same scenario as in example 1 above, but the written confirmation from the State indicates
that the individual actually was removed from the AFDC grant on August 1.
AFDC received prior to June 1 is income for SSI. AFDC received for the period on or
after June 1 is an AFDC overpayment.
EXAMPLE 3: An individual files for SSI. SSA is unaware that the individual is receiving AFDC
and initiates SSI payments (without consideration of the AFDC). SSA later learns that
AFDC is being received.
Upon learning of the receipt of AFDC, SSA obtains an AFDC termination date orally
from the State. AFDC received prior to the termination date communicated orally by
the State is income for SSI (which may result in an SSI overpayment). Any AFDC received
for the period on or after the termination date communicated orally by the State is
an AFDC overpayment.