[19980414]94-486EPW_补充担保收入（SSI）：情况说明书.pdf

In determining resources, more than 20 items are excluded (e.g., individuals home, and with1specified limitations, an automobile, household goods and personal effects, and life insurance). SSI provides for unearned and earned income exclusions (e.g., the first $20 of monthly2(continued.)Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web94-486 EPWUpdated April 14, 1998Supplemental Security Income (SSI): A Fact SheetCarmen Solomon-FearsSpecialist in Social LegislationEducation and Public Welfare DivisionThe Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, Title XVI of the Social SecurityAct, was implemented in 1974 to assure a minimum cash income to all aged, blind, ordisabled persons with limited resources (the countable resource limit is $2,000 for anindividual and $3,000 for a couple). The aged are defined as persons 65 years and older.1The blind are individuals with visual acuity of 20/200 or less with the use of a correctinglens in the persons better eye, or those with tunnel vision of 20 degrees or less. Disabledindividuals are those unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of amedically determined physica