County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency HHSACalFresh Program Guide Special Notice Number
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Social Security Administration SSA Cost of Living Adjustment
COLA and the Impact to Supplemental Security Income SSI CalFresh 2104 1of 1
Effective Date
January 1 2021
Background
On January 1 of each year all SSI recipients receive a COLA The State Supplementary Payment SSP amount may also change at this time However counties cannot accurately apply a percentagebased COLA to existing SSISSP payment information The Statewide Automated Welfare Systems SAWS are working to automatically update SSISSP income on existing cases along with the annual SSA COLA The SAWS currently plan to implement this change effective with the 2022 SSA COLA
Policy
The amount of the SSISSP income received by CalFresh recipients will be reviewed and updated at the households next semiannual report or recertification whichever comes first
Program Impacts
No impact
References
ACIN I8820 and I8820E
Sunset Date
This policy will be reviewed for continuance by December 31 2021
Approval for Release
Assmaa Elayyat Chief SelfSufficiency Services