10A NCAC 63D .0201. PAYMENT STANDARDS

(a)  The following payment standards include amounts to meet all the needs of consumers except for special medical care and personal needs:

(1)           allowance for one person who pays shelter and utilities: one hundred forty‑six dollars ($146.00);

(2)           allowance for one person who does not pay shelter and utilities:  ninety‑seven dollars ($97.00);

(3)           allowance for couple ‑ one‑sighted, one blind, ‑ who pay shelter and utilities:  two hundred nineteen dollars ($219.00);

(4)           allowance for couple ‑ one sighted, one blind ‑ who do not pay shelter and utilities:  one hundred forty‑six dollars ($146.00);

(5)           allowance for couple ‑ both blind ‑ who pay shelter and utilities:  two hundred forty‑three dollars ($243.00);

(6)           allowance for couple ‑ both blind ‑ who do not pay shelter and utilities:  one hundred ninety‑four dollars ($194.00).

(b)  Personal need allowance for every blind recipient shall be the amount set by the General Assembly.  These funds are for the individual to spend at his discretion and include items of clothing, toiletries, etc.

(c)  Payments shall be paid in advance on the first day of each month.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 111‑13; 111‑14; 111‑17; 143B‑157;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. November 16, 1977;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2002; February 1, 1986; December 1, 1977.