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SSI Program Payment Charts
SSI (Supplemental Security Income) is a federal program of the Social Security Administration that makes monthly payments to certain people who are age 65 or older, blind or disabled. Massachusetts adds more money to SSI payments for Massachusetts residents. This is called the SSI State Supplement Program, or SSP.
SSP Payment Amounts: This chart shows the federal and state payment levels for Calendar Year (CY) 2013:
SSP Payment Rates 2013 
EAEDC Living Arrangement and Grant Calculation
The assistance grant of EAEDC applicants or recipients is based on the living arrangement of the assistance unit. Sections 106 CMR 321.410, 321.420, and 321.500 describe the living arrangements, the Standards of Assistance for the living arrangements, and the grant calculation.
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EAEDC Living Arrangement as referenced at 106 CMR 321.410
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EAEDC Table of Standards of Assistance as referenced at 106 CMR 321.420
TAFDC
TAFDC Eligibility Table
The TAFDC income eligibility standard for the parent of a teen parent under age 18 is based on household size and is adjusted annually as prescribed by the Final Massachusetts Budget Paper copies are available upon request.
- Income from the Parent(s) of a Teen Parent Under Age 18 as referenced at 106 CMR 204.236 (PDF)
TAFDC Tables of Eligibility, Need and Payment Standards for September 2012
Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2012 authorized a nonrecurring $150 clothing allowance in September 2012 for each eligible applicant and recipient under age 19. Therefore, the Department temporarily increased the Eligibility, Need and Payment Standards during the month of September 2012. Paper copies are available upon request.
- Table of Eligibility Standards - Exempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.400 PDF
- Table of Eligibility Standards - Nonexempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.405 PDF
- Table of Need Standards - Exempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.410 PDF
- Table of Need Standards - Nonexempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.415 PDF
- Table of Payment Standards - Exempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.420 PDF
- Table of Payment Standards - Nonexempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.425 PDF
SNAP Eligibility Charts and Issuance Tables
The standards in the SNAP Program's Eligibility Charts and Issuance Tables are based on household size and are adjusted annually as prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture/Food and Nutrition Service. Paper copies are available upon request.
- Gross Income Standards
- Disaster SNAP Program Maximum Gross Monthly Income and Asset Standard as referenced at 106 CMR 364.946 ( PDF
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- Maximum Gross Monthly Income Standards as referenced at 106 CMR 364.950 ( PDF
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- Maximum Allowable Monthly Net Income Standards as referenced at 106 CMR 364.970 ( PDF
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- Gross Monthly Categorical Eligibility Income Standards as referenced at 106 CMR 364.976 ( PDF
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- Disaster SNAP Program Maximum Gross Monthly Income and Asset Standard as referenced at 106 CMR 364.946 ( PDF
- Standards for Special Circumstances Involving an Elderly and Disabled Individual as referenced at 106 CMR 364.975 ( PDF
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- Maximum Benefit Levels as referenced at 106 CMR 364.600 (PDF)
- Standard Deduction as referenced at 106 CMR 364.400 ( PDF
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- Maximum Shelter Deduction as referenced at 106 CMR 364.550 ( PDF
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- Standard Utility Allowances (SUA) as referenced at 106 CMR 364.945 ( PDF
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- Bay State CAP High and Low Shelter as referenced at 106 CMR 366.910(F) (PDF)
- Bay State CAP Standard Utility Allowance as referenced at 106 CMR 366.910 ( PDF
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- Minimum Benefit Level for Certain Categorically Eligible One- and Two- Person Households as referenced at 106 CMR 365.180 (PDF)
- SNAP Program Issuance Tables as referenced at 106 CMR 364.980
SNAP Program Issuance Tables: Number of Persons in Household - 1 to 10 ( PDF
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SNAP Program Issuance Tables: Number of Persons in Household - 11 to 20 ( PDF
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The standards in the SNAP Program Issuance Tables are based on household size and are adjusted annually as prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture/Food and Nutrition Service.
This information is provided by the Department of Transitional Assistance.