WAC 388-400-0025 Who is eligible for general assistance unemployable?

1. You can get general assistance - unemployable (GAU), benefits if you:

   1. Are incapacitated as required under WAC 388-448-0010 through 388-448-0120;

   2. Are at least eighteen years old or, if under eighteen, a member of a married couple;

   3. Are in financial need according to GAU income and resource rules in chapters 388-450, 388-470 and 388-488 WAC;

   4. Meet the general assistance citizenship / alien status requirements under WAC 388-424-0015(2);

   5. Provide a Social Security number as required under WAC 388-476-0005;

   6. Reside in the state of Washington as required under WAC 388-468-0005;

   7. Undergo a treatment and referral assessment as provided under WAC 388-448-0130 through 388-448-0150;

   8. Assign interim assistance as provided under WAC 388-448-0210;

   9. Report changes of circumstances as required under WAC 388-418-0005; and

   10. Complete a mid-certification review and provide proof of any changes as required under WAC 388-418-0011.

2. You cannot get GAU benefits if:

   1. You are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) benefits:

   2. You are eligible for state family assistance (SFA) benefits unless you are not eligible under WAC 388-400-0010;

   3. You have the ability to, but refuse to meet a TANF or SFA eligibility rule;

   4. You are eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits;

   5. You are an ineligible spouse of an SSI recipient; or

   6. Social Security Administration (SSA) denied your application for benefits or terminated your benefits for failing to follow a SSI program rule or application requirement.

3. We determine who is in your assistance unit according to WAC 388-408-0010.

4. A "public institution" is an institution that is supported by public funds, and a governmental unit either is responsible for it or exercises administrative control over it. If you live in a public institution, you may be eligible for GAU depending on the type of institution you are in.

   1. If you reside in a public institution and are otherwise eligible for GAU, you may be eligible for general assistance if you are:

      1. A patient in a public medical institution; or

      2. A patient in a public mental institution and are:

         1. Sixty-five years of age or older; or

         2. Twenty years of age or younger.

   2. You are not eligible for GAU when you are in the custody of or confined in a public institution such as a state penitentiary or county jail including placement;

      1. In a work release program; or

      2. Outside of the institution including home detention.