hua7450 · Oct 12, 2026 · Oct 13, 2026 · Oct 13, 2026 · Oct 15, 2026 · Oct 15, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/pa-ssp-2026.added.md b/changelog.d/pa-ssp-2026.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add Pennsylvania optional state SSI supplements and institutional payments, verified for 2026, and count half of the supplement in Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate income.
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/household/household_state_benefits.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/household/household_state_benefits.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ values:
     - sc_child_care_subsidies
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
+    # Pennsylvania benefits
+    - pa_ssp
     # South Carolina benefits
     - sc_ssi_state_supplement
     # Texas benefits
@@ -159,6 +161,8 @@ values:
     - ok_child_care_subsidies
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
+    # Pennsylvania benefits
+    - pa_ssp
     # South Carolina benefits
     - sc_ssi_state_supplement
     # Texas benefits
@@ -261,6 +265,8 @@ values:
     - ok_child_care_subsidies
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
+    # Pennsylvania benefits
+    - pa_ssp
     # South Carolina benefits
     - sc_ssi_state_supplement
     # Texas benefits
@@ -364,6 +370,8 @@ values:
     - ok_child_care_subsidies
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
+    # Pennsylvania benefits
+    - pa_ssp
     # South Carolina benefits
     - sc_ssi_state_supplement
     # Texas benefits
@@ -401,6 +409,7 @@ values:
     - nj_property_tax_relief
     # New York benefits
     - ny_child_care_subsidies
+
 metadata:
   unit: list
   period: year

diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hud/annual_income/sources/unearned.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hud/annual_income/sources/unearned.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ values:
     - strike_benefits
     - social_security
     - ssi
+    - pa_ssp
     - general_assistance
     - total_unemployment_compensation
     - child_support_received
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ values:
     - disability_benefits
     - survivor_benefits
     - financial_assistance
+
 metadata:
   unit: list
   period: year

diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/ssa/ssi/state_supplement/minimum_payment.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/ssa/ssi/state_supplement/minimum_payment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+description: The Social Security Administration pays at least this monthly amount to each recipient of a positive federally administered optional state supplement.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: SSI optional state supplement minimum payment
+  reference:
+    - title: 20 CFR 416.2020(c) - Minimum federally administered supplementary payment
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/416/416-2020.htm
+    - title: POMS SI 02001.005 A.2 and B.2 - Minimum benefit for individuals and members of couples
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0502001005
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/pa/dhs/ssp/amount/couple.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/pa/dhs/ssp/amount/couple.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+description: Pennsylvania provides these amounts as the monthly couple payment under the State Supplementary Payment program.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Pennsylvania SSP couple amount
+  breakdown:
+    - pa_ssp_living_arrangement
+  reference:
+    - title: 55 Pa. Code § 299.37, Optional SSP levels
+      href: https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pacode/data/055/chapter299/s299.37.html
+    - title: POMS SI 01415.058 K.2.b, Couple payment levels for Pennsylvania (January 2026)
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415058#k2b
+    - title: Pennsylvania Medical Assistance Eligibility Handbook 387 Appendix A, SSI Payment Levels (January 1, 2026)
+      href: http://services.dpw.state.pa.us/oimpolicymanuals/ma/387_SSI/387_Appendix_A.htm
+    - title: Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Handbook 450.243, SSI Benefits
+      href: http://services.dpw.state.pa.us/oimpolicymanuals/ltc/450_Income/450_2_Countable_Income.htm#450.243_SSI_Benefits
+
+INDEPENDENT:
+  2026-01-01: 33.3
+
+HOUSEHOLD_OF_ANOTHER:
+  2026-01-01: 38.44
+
+# 55 Pa. Code § 299.37 still prints the pre-increase care home couple levels
+# ($947.40 domiciliary, $957.40 personal care); POMS K.2.b and Handbook 387
+# Appendix A give the 2026 levels.
+DOMICILIARY_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 1_347.4
+
+# SSA pays this couple rate only in the month the couple moves into the
+# personal care home (POMS SI 01415.058 K.2.b NOTE); from the next month the
+# spouses are individual recipients.
+PERSONAL_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 1_357.4
+
+# Unused: pa_ssp pays the per-person Supplement for Personal Needs from
+# individual.yaml, so this key only completes the breakdown.
+MEDICAID_INSTITUTION:
+  2026-01-01: 0
+
+NONE:
+  2026-01-01: 0
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/pa/dhs/ssp/amount/individual.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/pa/dhs/ssp/amount/individual.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+description: Pennsylvania provides these amounts as the monthly individual payment under the State Supplementary Payment program.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Pennsylvania SSP individual amount
+  breakdown:
+    - pa_ssp_living_arrangement
+  reference:
+    - title: 55 Pa. Code § 299.37, Optional SSP levels
+      href: https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pacode/data/055/chapter299/s299.37.html
+    - title: POMS SI 01415.058 K.2.a, Recipient payment levels for Pennsylvania (January 2026)
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415058#k2a
+    - title: Pennsylvania Medical Assistance Eligibility Handbook 387 Appendix A, SSI Payment Levels (January 1, 2026)
+      href: http://services.dpw.state.pa.us/oimpolicymanuals/ma/387_SSI/387_Appendix_A.htm
+    - title: Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Handbook 450.243, SSI Benefits
+      href: http://services.dpw.state.pa.us/oimpolicymanuals/ltc/450_Income/450_2_Countable_Income.htm#450.243_SSI_Benefits
+
+INDEPENDENT:
+  2026-01-01: 22.1
+
+HOUSEHOLD_OF_ANOTHER:
+  2026-01-01: 25.53
+
+# 55 Pa. Code § 299.37 still prints the pre-increase care home levels ($434.30
+# domiciliary, $439.30 personal care); POMS K.2.a and Handbook 387 Appendix A
+# give the 2026 levels.
+DOMICILIARY_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 634.3
+
+PERSONAL_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 639.3
+
+# LTC Handbook 450.243 sets the $22.10 Supplement for Personal Needs; Handbook 387
+# Appendix A's 2026 note still prints $15.00, but its $52.10 total is
+# $30 + $22.10.
+MEDICAID_INSTITUTION:
+  2026-01-01: 22.1
+
+NONE:
+  2026-01-01: 0
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/pa/dhs/ssp/care_age_threshold.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/pa/dhs/ssp/care_age_threshold.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+description: Pennsylvania sets this age as the minimum for the domiciliary care and personal care home supplements under the State Supplementary Payment program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Pennsylvania SSP care minimum age
+  reference:
+    - title: POMS SI 01415.058 K.1, Domiciliary and personal care definitions
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415058#k1
diff --git a/...arameters/gov/states/pa/tax/property/property_tax_or_rent_rebate/benefit_income_rate.yaml b/...arameters/gov/states/pa/tax/property/property_tax_or_rent_rebate/benefit_income_rate.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-description: Pennsylvania counts this share of Social Security, SSI, and Railroad Retirement Tier 1 benefits under the Property Tax/Rent Rebate program.
+description: Pennsylvania counts this share of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, State Supplementary Payment, and Railroad Retirement Tier 1 benefits under the Property Tax/Rent Rebate program.
 values:
   2025-01-01: 0.5
 metadata:
   unit: /1
   period: year
   label: Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate benefit income rate
   reference:
-    - title: 2025 PA-1000 Pennsylvania Property Tax or Rent Rebate Program Instruction Booklet, Lines 4 and 5
-      href: https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/revenue/documents/formsandpublications/formsforindividuals/ptrr/documents/2025_pa-1000_inst.pdf#page=7
+    - title: "2025 PA-1000 Pennsylvania Property Tax or Rent Rebate Program Instruction Booklet, State Supplementary Payment recipients and Lines 4 and 5 #page 3,7"
+      href: https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/revenue/documents/formsandpublications/formsforindividuals/ptrr/documents/2025_pa-1000_inst.pdf#page=3
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/sources/unearned.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/sources/unearned.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ values:
     - mo_ssp
     - ne_aabd
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
+    - pa_ssp
     - sc_ssi_state_supplement
     - tx_ssi_state_supplement
     - wa_ssp
@@ -95,9 +96,7 @@ values:
 
 metadata:
   reference:
-    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)
-      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9#b_2
-    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(c)(1)
-      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9#c_1
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2) and (c)(1)
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9
     - title: POMS SI 01401.001 General Information about State Supplementation
       href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501401001
diff --git a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml
@@ -1093,6 +1093,19 @@ programs:
           tracks. Unmodeled paths: grandfathered medically-needy-in-medical-
           institution recipients per WAC 388-478-0055(2)(b); DDA-determined /
           PVL track per (2)(f); and foster child in BRS per (2)(g).
+      - state: PA
+        status: partial
+        name: Pennsylvania SSP
+        full_name: Pennsylvania State Supplementary Payment
+        variable: pa_ssp
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.pa.dhs.ssp
+        verified_years: "2026"
+        notes: >-
+          Models 2026 optional supplements for independent living, the
+          household of another and certified domiciliary and personal care
+          homes, plus the institutional Supplement for Personal Needs.
+          Mandatory grandfathered and essential-person supplements and
+          ancillary facility subsidies are not modeled.
 
   - id: social_security
     name: Social Security

diff --git a/...tes/household/state_property_tax_credits/pa_property_tax_or_rent_rebate_in_aggregate.yaml b/...tes/household/state_property_tax_credits/pa_property_tax_or_rent_rebate_in_aggregate.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       person1:
         age: 65
         ssi: 0
+        pa_ssp: 0
         real_estate_taxes: 2_000
     tax_units:
       tax_unit:
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		Add Pennsylvania optional state SSI supplements and institutional payments, verified for 2026, and count half of the supplement in Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate income.