Can an adopted special needs child receive both SSI and Title IV-E Adoption Assistance?
Answer 9: Yes. However, federal regulations provide that in cases where the special needs child is eligible for benefits from both SSI and Title IV-E Adoption Assistance, the child’s SSI payments will be reduced dollar for dollar thus decreasing the SSI benefit by the amount of the adoption assistance. Question 10: When making an eligibility determination for Title IV-E Adoption Assistance under the “financial need” factor, the child must have been eligible for AFDC at removal and on the date the adoption petition is filed. Does the worker have to look at the home from which the child was removed or only at the child to determine if s/he is AFDC eligible? Answer 10: The agency must make a full AFDC determination, including age, financial need (using the child’s income and resources, including receipt of parental support by the child or the placement agency; must be insufficient to meet the monthly costs of foster care), and deprivation of parental support or care (always met for a chil
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