Need Standards

The following GA payment rates are effective April 1, 2016

Grant Level - UNSHARED Housing

Number of Persons in Budget Unit	Maximum Grant	Personal Needs / Food
One Person (in medical institution)	$11	$11
One Person (in state-licensed RCH)	929	28
One Person (in room and board)	343	29
1 Person (other than above)	343	150
2 Persons	460	167
3 Persons	576	213
4 Persons	693	259
5 Persons	810	305
6 Persons	926	350
7 Persons	1,044	397
8 Persons	1,161	444
9 Persons	1,278	491
10 Persons	1,396	535
More than 10 Persons: $11.00 added to maximum aid for each additional person.

*Applicants/recipients who share housing in accordance with GA 282 shall have their General Assistance reduced as follows:

Fifteen percent (15%) if the recipient(s) shares housing with one other person;
Twenty percent (20%) if the recipient(s) shares housing with two other persons;
Twenty-five percent (25%) if the recipient(s) shares housing with three or more other persons.

Grant Level - SHARED with 1 other person

Number of Persons in Budget Unit	Maximum Grant	Personal Needs / Food
One person (in room and board)	$292	$29
1 person (other than above)	292	150
2 persons	392	167
3 persons	490	213
4 persons	588	259
5 persons	689	305
6 persons	788	350
7 persons	879	397
8 persons	986	444
9 persons	1,085	491
10 persons	1,186	535
More than 10 Persons: $11.00 added to maximum aid for each additional person.

Grant Level - Shared with 2 Other Persons

Number of Persons in Budget Unit	Maximum Grant	Personal Needs / Food
One person (in room and board)	$274	$29
1 person (other than above)	274	150
2 persons	367	167
3 persons	460	213
4 persons	556	259
5 persons	647	305
6 persons	742	350
7 persons	836	397
8 persons	927	444
9 persons	1,021	490
10 persons	1,116	535

Grant Level - Shared with 3 or More Other Persons

Number of Persons in Budget Unit	Maximum Grant	Personal Needs / Food
One person (in room and board)	$257	$29
1 person (other than above)	257	150
2 persons	345	167
3 persons	432	213
4 persons	520	259
5 persons	608	305
6 persons	694	350
7 persons	784	397
8 persons	869	444
9 persons	959	491
10 persons	1,048	535
More than 10 Persons: $11.00 added to maximum aid for each additional person.

Proration - $193 Housing to Third-Party Vendor

The $193 rate of payment is allowed for persons who pay a Third-Party Vendor for housing.

Number of Days	28-Day Month	29-Day Month	30-Day Month	31-Day Month
1	$6.89	$6.66	$6.43	$6.23
2	13.78	13.32	12.86	12.46
3	20.67	19.98	19.29	18.69
4	27.56	26.64	25.72	24.92
5	34.45	33.30	32.15	31.15
6	41.34	39.96	38.58	37.38
7	48.23	46.62	45.01	43.61
8	55.12	53.28	51.44	49.84
9	62.01	59.94	57.87	56.07
10	68.90	66.60	64.30	62.30
11	75.79	73.26	70.73	68.53
12	82.68	79.92	77.16	74.76
13	89.57	86.58	83.59	80.99
14	96.46	93.24	90.02	87.22
15	103.35	99.90	96.45	93.45
16	110.24	106.56	102.88	99.68
17	117.13	113.22	109.31	105.91
18	124.02	119.88	115.74	112.14
19	130.91	126.54	122.17	118.37
20	137.80	133.20	128.60	124.60
21	144.69	139.86	135.03	130.83
22	151.58	146.52	141.46	137.06
23	158.47	153.18	147.89	143.29
24	165.36	159.84	154.32	149.52
25	172.25	166.50	160.75	155.75
26	179.14	173.16	167.18	161.98
27	186.03	179.82	173.61	168.21
28	193.00	186.48	180.04	174.44
29		193.00	186.47	180.67
30			193.00	186.90
31				193.00

Proration - $901 RCH / Rehab Rate

The $901 rate of payment is allowed for care and supervision of residents in a state-licensed RHC or mental rehabilitation facility.

Number of Days	28-Day Month	29-Day Month	30-Day Month	31-Day Month
1	$32.18	$31.07	$30.03	$29.06
2	64.36	62.14	60.07	58.13
3	96.54	93.21	90.10	87.19
4	128.71	124.28	120.13	116.26
5	160.89	155.34	150.17	145.32
6	193.07	186.41	180.20	174.39
7	225.25	217.48	210.23	203.45
8	257.43	248.55	240.27	232.52
9	289.61	279.62	270.30	261.58
10	321.79	310.69	300.33	290.65
11	353.96	341.76	330.37	319.71
12	386.14	372.83	360.40	348.77
13	418.32	403.90	390.43	377.84
14	450.50	434.97	420.47	406.90
15	482.68	466.03	450.50	435.97
16	514.86	497.10	480.53	465.03
17	547.04	528.17	510.57	494.10
18	579.21	559.24	540.60	523.10
19	611.39	590.31	570.63	552.23
20	643.57	621.38	600.67	581.29
21	675.75	652.45	630.70	610.35
22	707.93	683.52	660.73	639.42
23	740.11	714.59	690.77	668.48
24	772.29	745.66	720.80	697.55
25	804.46	776.72	730.80	707.30
26	836.64	807.79	780.87	755.68
27	868.82	838.86	810.90	784.74
28	901.00	869.93	840.93	813.81
29		901.00	870.97	842.87
30			901.00	871.94
31				901.00

Proration - $28 Personal Needs

The personal needs amount of $28 is allowed for persons who are living in a state-licensed residential care home (RCH) or mental rehabilitation facility, or in a room and board situation.

Number of Days	28-Day Month	29-Day Month	30-Day Month	31-Day Month
1	$ 1.00	$ .97	$ .93	$ .90
2	2.00	1.93	1.87	1.81
3	3.00	2.90	2.80	2.71
4	4.00	3.86	3.73	3.61
5	5.00	4.83	4.67	4.52
6	6.00	5.79	5.60	5.42
7	7.00	6.76	6.53	6.32
8	8.00	7.72	7.47	7.23
9	9.00	8.69	8.40	8.13
10	10.00	9.66	9.33	9.03
11	11.00	10.62	10.27	9.94
12	12.00	11.59	11.20	10.84
13	13.00	12.55	12.13	11.74
14	14.00	13.52	13.07	12.65
15	15.00	14.48	14.00	13.55
16	16.00	15.45	14.93	14.45
17	17.00	16.41	15.87	15.35
18	18.00	17.38	16.80	16.26
19	19.00	18.34	17.73	17.16
20	20.00	19.31	18.67	18.06
21	21.00	20.28	19.60	18.97
22	22.00	21.24.	20.53	19.87
23	23.00	22.21	21.47	20.77
24	24.00	23.17	22.40	21.68
25	25.00	24.14	23.33	22.585
26	26.00	25.10	24.27	23.48
27	27.00	26.07	25.20	24.39
28	28.00	27.03	26.13	25.29
29		28.00	27.07	26.19
30			28.00	27.10
31				28.00

Proration - $11 Personal Needs

The personal needs amount of $11 is allowed for persons who are living in a medical institution.

Number of Days	28-Day Month	29-Day Month	30-Day Month	31-Day Month
1	$ .39	$ .38	$ .37	$ .36
2	.79	.76	.73	.71
3	1.18	1.14	1.10	1.06
4	1.57	1.52	1.47	1.42
5	1.96	1.90	1.83	1.77
6	2.36	2.28	2.20	2.13
7	2.75	2.66	2.57	2.48
8	3.14	3.03	2.93	2.84
9	3.54	3.41	3.30	3.19
10	3.93	3.79	3.67	3.55
11	4.32	4.17	4.03	3.90
12	4.71	4.55	4.40	4.26
13	5.11	4.93	4.77	4.61
14	5.50	5.31	5.13	4.97
15	5.89	5.69	5.50	5.32
16	6.29	6.07	5.87	5.68
17	6.68	6.45	6.23	6.03
18	7.07	6.83	6.60	6.39
19	7.46	7.21	6.97	6.74
20	7.86	7.59	7.33	7.10
21	8.25	7.97	7.70	7.45
22	8.64	8.34	8.07	7.81
23	9.04	8.72	8.43	8.16
24	9.43	9.10	8.80	8.52
25	9.82	9.48	9.17	8.87
26	10.21	9.86	9.53	9.23
27	10.61	10.24	9.90	9.58
28	11.00	10.62	10.27	9.94
29		11.00	10.63	10.29
30			11.00	10.64
31				11.00