SAGA

Who gets SAGA Cash?

• 18 years or older when attending college

• Needy Adults who can't work due to illness or impairment

• Elderly Adults over 65

• Someone injured on the job waiting for medical

Answer explanation

SAGA cash is for people who are not old enough or sick enough for disability programs or who are applying fr disability programs like SSI but need help while waiting for that program to be granted

What is the categorical requirement for SAGA cash?

• Injured

• Blind & Disabled

• Single Male

• Employability Status

Answer explanation

Clients must be considered unable to work because they meet certain criteria

If a person does not have a medical impairment or meets the conditions of non-medical unemployable they are _________

• employable

• not eligible

• retired

• disabled

Short term impairment is less than

• 3 months

• 6 weeks

• 2 months

• 9 weeks

Answer explanation

If an applicant has a medical impairment that lasts less than 2 months they will not qualify for SAGA cash

An applicant must have a recent connection to ________

• monopoly market

• farmers market

• work market

• the labor market

Answer explanation

If an applicant has a verified impairment that will prevent them from working for greater than 2 months but less than 6 months, they need to have a recent connection to the labor market or a labor market exemption to be eligible for SAGA cash.

An applicant that has an impairment that will prevent them from working more than 6 months is called

• Long-term impaired

• Short term impaired

• transitional

• exempt

Answer explanation

These clients do not have a recent labor market connection or exemption

An applicant applying for long term impairment needs to:

_______, _______, ________

• Sign the W-650 form

• Verify they have applied for SSI/SSDI

• Sign the W-640 form

• Have a medical review completed by CCC

Answer explanation

While a medical review is required, do not delay processing the application while waiting for a decision from CCC. If all other eligibility requirements are met the application can be granted as long-term transitional.

The most common non-medical employability category is

• seasonal employability

• part time

• 40 working quarters

• Over 55 and chronically unemployable

Answer explanation

This means they have not worked more than a cumulative total of 6 months in the last 5 years.

All applicants who have a long-term impairment start off as _________

Answer explanation

If Colonial Cooperative Care agrees with their medical providers' assessment, then they become medically unemployable.

Some procedural requirements that clients have to do in order to receive SAGA benefits are

• Provide 5 years of bank statements

• Must cooperate during application and eligibility process

• Provide SSN or apply if they do not have one

• An interview

Answer explanation

* If client comes in and does not have a completed application staff can complete an interactive interview.

* there are no work activity requirements for SAGA

*there are no set time limits as long as client meets requirements