Supplemental Aid to the Blind (SAB) Manual

0400.000.00 Supplemental Aid to the Blind (SAB)

• 0400.005.00 Legal Basis

0405.000.00 Eligibility Requirements

• 0405.005.00 Non-receipt of Other Assistance
• 0405.010.00 SSI Application
• 0405.015.00 Age
• 0405.020.00 Social Security Number
• 0405.025.00 Vision
• 0405.030.00 Citizenship and Immigrant Status
• 0405.035.00 Residence
  • 0405.035.05 Institutional Residence
• 0405.040.00 Support From Parent or Sighted Spouse
• 0405.045.00 Soliciting Alms
• 0405.050.00 Real or Personal Property
• 0405.055.00 Transfer of Property
• 0405.060.00 Distribution of Estate of Deceased Person
• 0405.065.00 Availability of Inheritance
• 0405.070.00 Statutory Allowances for Surviving Spouse or Unmarried Minor Children

0410.000.00 Determining Need

• 0410.005.00 SAB Assistance Groups
  • 0410.005.05 TA-SAB Assistance Groups
• 0410.010.00 Budgetable Expenses
  • 0410.010.05 Standard Expense Definition
  • 0410.010.10 Standard Expense Composition
  • 0410.010.15 The Consolidated Standard
  • 0410.010.20 SAB Claimant in a GR Group
• 0410.015.00 Income
  • 0410.015.05 Earned Income
    • 0410.015.05.05 Computing Earned Income
    • 0410.015.05.10 Examples of Income Patterns
    • 0410.015.05.20 Standard Earned Income Exemption Table
    • 0410.015.05.25 Other Expenses of Producing Income
  • 0410.015.10 Unearned Income
  • 0410.015.15 Income Excluded
• 0410.020.00 SAB Need Determination

0415.000.00 Payment and Amount of Grant

• 0415.005.00 Maximum and Minimum Payments
  • 0415.005.05 SAB Claimant in a Nursing Home

0420.000.00 Medicaid Eligibility

0425.000.00 Application Processing

• 0425.005.00 Prompt Disposition
• 0425.010.00 Benefit Issuance
• 0425.015.00 Referring Rejected Application to BP

0430.000.00 Annual Renewals and Change in Circumstance

• 0430.005.00 Annual Renewal
• 0430.010.00 Change in Circumstances
  • 0430.010.05 Increase in Grant
  • 0430.010.10 Reduction in Grant
  • 0430.010.15 Transfer to Vendor Payments
  • 0430.010.20 Pre-closing Ex Parte Review
• 0430.015.00 Change From Another Category
  • 0430.015.05 Transfer From SP to SAB

0435.000.00 Referral to Rehabilitation Services for the Blind

0440.000.00 Location of SAB Case Records