Hawkins S C
Soc Secur Bull. 1980 Jul;43(7):19-27.
Legislation establishing the SSI program and subsequent amendments provide for State payments to supplement the basic Federal SSI payment. For former public assistance recipients, State payments are required, if necessary, to maintain prior income levels. For those newly eligible, additional State payments are optional. At the beginning of SSI, most States elected to provide supplementary payments to those newly eligible as well as to former public assistance recipients. Since then, numerous changes have taken place. This article summarizes and analyzes changes that occurred in State supplementation under SSI from 1974 through 1978. Although nationwide few variations took place in State supplementation during the period, individual States experienced significant changes--primarily in the number of recipients and expenditures. Some of these changes occurred because of implementation of Federal-State legislation resulting in program expansion and/or benefit alterations. A significant shift took place in the distribution of recipients by eligibility category: the disabled became the major category, replacing the aged. The caseload for the blind, however, remained relatively stable.
设立补充保障收入（SSI）计划的立法及随后的修正案规定，各州需支付款项以补充联邦基本SSI支付。对于以前的公共援助受助人，如有必要，州支付用于维持先前的收入水平。对于那些新符合资格的人，州额外支付是可选择的。在SSI计划开始时，大多数州选择向新符合资格的人和以前的公共援助受助人提供补充支付。从那时起，发生了许多变化。本文总结并分析了1974年至1978年期间SSI计划下各州补充情况的变化。尽管在此期间全国范围内各州补充情况变化不大，但个别州经历了重大变化——主要体现在受助人数量和支出方面。其中一些变化是由于联邦-州立法的实施导致计划扩大和/或福利变更。按资格类别划分的受助人分布发生了重大转变：残疾人取代老年人成为主要类别。然而，盲人的案件数量相对保持稳定。
