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Add South Dakota State Supplemental Payment for 2026.
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- ri_ssp
# South Carolina benefits
- sc_ssi_state_supplement
# South Dakota benefits
- sd_ssp
# Texas benefits
- tx_ssi_state_supplement
# Virginia benefits
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- ri_ssp
# South Carolina benefits
- sc_ssi_state_supplement
# South Dakota benefits
- sd_ssp
# Texas benefits
- tx_ssi_state_supplement
# Virginia benefits
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- ri_ssp
# South Carolina benefits
- sc_ssi_state_supplement
# South Dakota benefits
- sd_ssp
# Texas benefits
- tx_ssi_state_supplement
# Virginia benefits
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- ri_ssp
# South Carolina benefits
- sc_ssi_state_supplement
# South Dakota benefits
- sd_ssp
# Texas benefits
- tx_ssi_state_supplement
# Virginia benefits
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- ok_ssp
- ny_ssp
- ri_ssp
- sd_ssp
- general_assistance
- total_unemployment_compensation
- child_support_received
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description: South Dakota limits the assisted living payment to this daily rate, including room and board, under the State Optional Supplemental Assisted Living program.
values:
2026-01-01: 77.16

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: day
label: South Dakota SSP assisted living daily rate
# The LTSS fee schedule (note 2) adjusts this rate each January by the
# Social Security cost-of-living adjustment; the published rate replaces the
# projection.
uprating:
parameter: gov.ssa.uprating
rounding:
type: nearest
interval: 0.01
reference:
- title: LTSS fee schedule effective January 2026, State Optional Supplemental Assisted Living (08054), note 2
href: https://dhs.sd.gov/content/dam/digital/united-states/south-dakota/sdo/pdf/long-term-services-and-supports/provider-portal/fee-schedules/LTSS-Fee-Schedule-and-In-Home-Services-Fee-Schedule-Effective-1-1-26.pdf
- title: LTSS fee schedule effective July 2026, State Optional Supplemental Assisted Living (08054), note 2
href: https://dhs.sd.gov/content/dam/digital/united-states/south-dakota/sdo/pdf/long-term-services-and-supports/provider-portal/fee-schedules/LTSS-Fee-Schedule-Effective-7-1-2026.pdf
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description: South Dakota provides this amount as the monthly payment to the first member of an eligible couple under the Optional State Supplemental program.
values:
1978-07-01: 8

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: South Dakota SSP first member independent supplement
reference:
- title: SSA POMS SI DEN01415.011 B.5.b
href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415011DEN
- title: ARSD 67:12:14:04
href: https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/67:12:14:04
- title: SSA State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011 - South Dakota
href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/sd.html
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description: South Dakota provides this amount as the monthly payment to the second member of an eligible couple under the Optional State Supplemental program.
values:
1978-07-01: 7

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: South Dakota SSP second member independent supplement
reference:
- title: SSA POMS SI DEN01415.011 B.5.b
href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415011DEN
- title: ARSD 67:12:14:04
href: https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/67:12:14:04
- title: SSA State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011 - South Dakota
href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/sd.html
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description: South Dakota provides this amount as the monthly payment to an individual in an independent living arrangement under the Optional State Supplemental program.
values:
1978-07-01: 15

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: South Dakota SSP individual independent supplement
reference:
- title: SSA POMS SI DEN01415.011 B.5.b
href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415011DEN
- title: ARSD 67:12:14:04
href: https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/67:12:14:04
- title: SSA State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011 - South Dakota
href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/sd.html
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description: South Dakota limits the resources of an individual whose spouse begins long-term care services in the same month to this amount under the long-term care assistance program.
values:
2026-01-01: 3_000

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: South Dakota SSP joint entry resource limit
reference:
- title: ARSD 67:46:05:30
href: https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/67:46:05:30
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description: South Dakota sets this age as the minimum for the independent living payment under the Optional State Supplemental program.
values:
1978-08-06: 18

metadata:
unit: year
period: year
label: South Dakota SSP minimum age
reference:
- title: ARSD 67:12:14:02
href: https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/67:12:14:02
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description: South Dakota limits an individual's resources to this amount under the long-term care assistance program.
values:
2026-01-01: 2_000

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: South Dakota SSP individual resource limit
reference:
- title: ARSD 67:46:05:30
href: https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/67:46:05:30
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- pa_ssp
- ri_ssp
- sc_ssi_state_supplement
- sd_ssp
- tx_ssi_state_supplement
- wa_ssp
- wy_ssp
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facility personal-needs payments. Mandatory grandfathered payments,
facility subsidies and the statutory supportive residential-care
category are not modeled.
- state: SD
status: partial
name: South Dakota SSP
full_name: South Dakota State Supplemental Payment
variable: sd_ssp
parameter_prefix: gov.states.sd.dss.ssp
verified_years: "2026"
notes: Models 2026 independent living and certified nonwaiver assisted living/adult foster
care supplements. Out-of-state placements, historical mandatory supplements and claim
administration are not modeled.

- id: social_security
name: Social Security
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