WAC 388-474-0020

Effective June 7, 2002

WAC 388-474-0020 What can a general assistance-unemployable (GA-U) client expect when Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits begin?

You can only get assistance to meet your basic needs from one government source at a time (WAC 388-448-0210).  If you are a GA-U client who begins gettingSSI, you should know that: 

  1. If you got advance, emergency or retroactive SSI cash assistance for any period where you got GA-U, you must repay the department the amount of GA-U paid to you for the matching time period.

  2. When you apply for GA-U you must sign DSHS 18-235(X), interim assistance reimbursement agreement (IARA) to get GA-U assistance.

  3. You cannot use your GA-U money to replace money deducted from your SSI check to repay an SSI overpayment.

This is a reprint of the official rule as published by the Office of the Code Reviser. If there are previous versions of this rule, they can be found using the Legislative Search page.