Who is it for?
CAPI is a 100 percent state-funded program designed to provide monthly cash benefits to aged, blind, and disabled non-citizens who are ineligible for SSI/SSP solely due to their immigrant status. The welfare reform act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) eliminated Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) eligibility for most non-citizens. As a result, most immigrants who were not receiving SSI/SSP in August 1996 are no longer eligible for SSI/SSP.
In order to qualify you must:
- Meet all other SSI/SSP eligibility criteria except for immigration status
- Be aged, blind, or disabled
- Be a resident of California
- Have resources below the allowable limits of $2,000 for an individual or $3,000 for a couple, and
- Have income less than the CAPI standards
- Be a non-citizen and meet the immigration status criteria in effect for SSI/SSP as of 8/21/96
- Be ineligible for SSI/SSP solely due to immigration status. This means a CAPI applicant must apply or SSI/SSP, or submit other proof of ineligibility from the Social Security Administration
CAPI payment amounts vary depending on a person's marital status, living arrangements and other income. CAPI payment standards are $10 less than SSI/SSP payment standards ($20 for a couple).
How to Apply:
To apply or to find out more about CAPI benefits in Riverside County, please call IHSS HOME at 888-960-4477.