We make deductions from deemed income for parents and for other children living in the home. We also do this when a child is temporarily away at school, returns home during weekends, holidays or during the summer and remains subject to parental control. We may also count a portion of a stepparent’s income and resources if the child lives with both a parent and a stepparent (or an adoptive parent and a stepparent). If a child is under age 18, not married, and lives at home with parent(s) who do not receive SSI benefits, we may consider a portion of the parents' income and resources as if they were available to the child. SSA receives information form the public, advocacy groups, comments received from the Social Security and Disability Determination Services communities, counsel from medical and scientific experts, research with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and information received from past public outreach hearings regarding potential CAL conditions. By incorporating cutting-edge technology, the agency can easily identify potential CAL to quickly make decisions. The CAL initiative helps reduce waiting time to reach a disability determination for individuals with the most serious disabilities. These conditions primarily include certain cancers, adult brain disorders, and a number of rare disorders that affect children. SSA is committed to providing benefits quickly to applicants whose medical conditions are so serious that their conditions obviously meet disability standards.Ĭompassionate Allowances (CAL) are a way to quickly identify diseases and other medical conditions that, by definition, meet Social Security’s standards for disability benefits. Unlike the requirement for SSI disability benefits, there is no duration requirement for SSI blindness benefits. See WHAT IS "BLINDNESS" FOR AN ADULT OR CHILD?. If the child is blind, he or she meets the same definition of “blind” as applies for adults. The impairment(s) has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months or be expected to result in death or If under age 18, whether or not married or head of household, the child has a medically determinable physical or mental impairment or impairments which result in marked and severe functional limitations and WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR A “DISABLED” OR “BLIND” CHILD? When the child attains age 18, we evaluate impairments based on the definition of disability for adults (see definition of disability for adults).Ī child with a visual impairment may be eligible for SSI benefits based on blindness if the impairment meets the definition of blindness (see blindness requirements). To be eligible for SSI benefits, a child must be either blind or disabled.Ī child may be eligible for SSI disability benefits beginning as early as the date of birth there is no minimum age requirement.Ī child may be eligible for SSI disability benefits until attainment of age 18 (see definition of disability for children). HOW DOES THE SSI DISABILITY PROGRAM WORK FOR A CHILD? Is under age 22 and is a student regularly attending school (as determined by Social Security). Understanding SSI Home Page / Understanding Supplemental Security Income SSI for Children SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) FOR CHILDREN WHO IS A "CHILD" FOR SSI?Ī person who is neither married (as determined by Social Security) nor head of a household and:
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