How SSI affects your ability to get other public benefits:

    If you get SSI, you can’t also get CalFresh, since SSI is supposed to cover food expenses.[1736] However, other people in your household may be eligible and your income will not count in determining their eligibility.
    If you get SSI, you’ll be automatically enrolled in Medi-Cal (see PG. 466) and may qualify for extra help with paying for Medicare (see PG. 471).
    SSI recipients who do not have access to a kitchen or have a kitchen but no stove or refrigerator are eligible for additional food benefits through SSI. You are not considered as having access to a kitchen unless you have a working refrigerator or icebox and a stove with at least two working burners.[1737]
    Depending on your work history, you may be eligible to get retirement benefits (see PG. 478) and/or SSDI (see PG. 482) in addition to SSI.[1738]
  1. 1736

    7 C.F.R. § 273.20(a); CDSS, MPP § 63-402.226; Benefits Available to Paroling & Discharging Inmates, Prison Law Office (2011), http://www.prisonlaw.com/pdfs/BenefitsLetter,Aug2011.pdf. ↑

  2. 1737

    Description of Supplements, Soc. Sec. Admin., https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415044#b ↑

  3. 1738

    Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits, Soc. Sec. Admin., http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/EN-05-11000.pdf ↑