Add New Hampshire state supplementation for 2026

changelog.d/nh-ssp-2026.added.md

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+Add New Hampshire's adult category state supplement (Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Needy Blind and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled) for 2026.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/household/household_state_benefits.yaml

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ values:
     - ok_child_care_subsidies
     # South Carolina benefits
     - sc_child_care_subsidies
+    # New Hampshire benefits
+    - nh_ssp
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
     # South Carolina benefits
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ values:
     - nv_child_care_subsidies
     # Oklahoma benefits
     - ok_child_care_subsidies
+    # New Hampshire benefits
+    - nh_ssp
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
     # South Carolina benefits
@@ -259,6 +263,8 @@ values:
     - nv_child_care_subsidies
     # Oklahoma benefits
     - ok_child_care_subsidies
+    # New Hampshire benefits
+    - nh_ssp
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
     # South Carolina benefits
@@ -362,6 +368,8 @@ values:
     - nv_child_care_subsidies
     # Oklahoma benefits
     - ok_child_care_subsidies
+    # New Hampshire benefits
+    - nh_ssp
     # New Mexico benefits
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
     # South Carolina benefits
@@ -401,6 +409,7 @@ values:
     - nj_property_tax_relief
     # New York benefits
     - ny_child_care_subsidies
+
 metadata:
   unit: list
   period: year

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hud/annual_income/sources/unearned.yaml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ values:
     - strike_benefits
     - social_security
     - ssi
+    - nh_ssp
     - general_assistance
     - total_unemployment_compensation
     - child_support_received
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ values:
     - disability_benefits
     - survivor_benefits
     - financial_assistance
+
 metadata:
   unit: list
   period: year

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/disabled_minimum_age.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire sets this age as the minimum for disabled applicants under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  label: New Hampshire SSP minimum disabled age
+  reference:
+    - title: RSA 167:6 VI
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/167/167-6.htm

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/earned/aged_disabled_flat.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire excludes this amount of monthly gross earnings under the Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 20
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP aged and disabled flat earned income disregard
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 654.15(f), Aged and disabled earned income disregard
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/earned/aged_disabled_remainder_disregard_cap.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire limits the disregard of remaining earnings to this amount under the Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 30
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP aged and disabled remaining earnings disregard cap
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 654.15(f), Aged and disabled earned income disregard
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/earned/blind_flat.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire excludes this amount of monthly gross earnings under the Aid to the Needy Blind program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 85
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP blind flat earned income disregard
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 654.15(b), Blind earned income disregard
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/earned/disregard_fraction.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire excludes this share of earnings above the flat disregard under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 0.5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  label: New Hampshire SSP remaining earnings disregard rate
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 654.15(b) and (f)(2), Earned income disregards
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/earned/minimum_employment_expenses.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire deducts at least this amount of employment expenses under the Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP minimum employment expense disregard
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 654.18(b), Employment expenses
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/grant_reduction_fraction.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire deducts this share of the grant for recipients subject to the grant reduction under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 0.3333333333333333
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  label: New Hampshire SSP grant reduction rate
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 670.03(c), Grant reduction
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/immigration/exempt_statuses.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire excludes these immigration statuses from the qualified alien waiting period under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  # Amerasian immigrants, COFA migrants, qualifying military noncitizens,
+  # certain Native Americans and trafficking victims are also eligible without
+  # restriction but have no immigration_status value.
+  2026-01-01:
+    - REFUGEE
+    - ASYLEE
+    - CUBAN_HAITIAN_ENTRANT
+    - DEPORTATION_WITHHELD
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: New Hampshire SSP immigration statuses without a waiting period
+  reference:
+    - title: NH DHHS Adult Assistance Manual 305.11, Qualified Aliens Eligible Without Restriction
+      href: https://dhhs.nh.gov/aam_htm/html/305_11_qualified_aliens_eligible_without_restriction_aam.htm
+    - title: 8 U.S.C. 1622(b)(1), Time-limited exception for refugees and asylees
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1622#b_1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/immigration/permanent_resident_qualifying_quarters.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire treats a lawful permanent resident credited with at least this many qualifying quarters as exempt from the qualified alien waiting period under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 40
+
+metadata:
+  unit: int
+  period: year
+  label: New Hampshire SSP permanent resident qualifying quarters exception
+  reference:
+    - title: 8 U.S.C. 1622(b)(2), Certain permanent resident aliens
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1622#b_2
+    - title: 8 U.S.C. 1645, Qualifying quarters
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1645

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/immigration/waiting_period.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire sets this number of years after entry as the qualified alien waiting period under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: New Hampshire SSP qualified alien waiting period
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 616.02(a)(2), Eligibility of Qualified Aliens
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html
+    - title: NH DHHS Adult Assistance Manual 305.13, Qualified Aliens with Restricted Eligibility Based on Date of Entry into the U.S.
+      href: https://dhhs.nh.gov/aam_htm/html/305_13_qualified_aliens_with_restricted_eligibility_based_on_date_of_entry_into_the_us_aam.htm

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/minimum_payment.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire provides no payment when the rounded grant is below this amount under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 2
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP minimum grant
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 670.03(a)(4), Determination of grant
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/minimum_payment_level/one_person.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire maintains this minimum supplemental payment level for a one-person assistance group in each living arrangement under the adult category financial assistance program.
+
+metadata:
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP one-person minimum payment level
+  breakdown:
+    - nh_ssp_living_arrangement
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 658.03(c) and (e), and He-W 648.04, Adult category standard of need
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html
+    - title: SSA, State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 1998, New Hampshire, payment levels
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/1998/nh.pdf#page=3
+    - title: SSA, State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011, New Hampshire, Table 1
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/nh.pdf#page=2
+    - title: NH DHHS Supervisory Release SR 97-44, January 1998 COLA
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210808185249/https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sr_htm/html/sr_97-44_dated_01_98.htm
+    - title: NH DHHS Supervisory Release SR 26-01, January 2026 COLA
+      href: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sr_htm/html/sr_26-01_dated_01_26.htm
+
+# The standard of need is the SSI maximum plus this level less the $13
+# standard disregard, so each level is the grant to an SSI-only recipient.
+# SR 26-01 standards: $1,008, $1,070, $1,130, $1,188 and $1,188 less the
+# $994 SSI maximum plus $13 give 27, 89, 149, 207 and 207. SSA's January 1998
+# and January 2011 tables print the same state supplementation amounts, and
+# NH's January releases give matching standards for every year from 1998
+# (SR 97-44) to 2026. The care levels differed in 1996. SSA's 2004 and 2008 to
+# 2010 tables print other amounts, but NH's releases for those years do not.
+INDEPENDENT:
+  1998-01-01: 27
+
+SUBSIDIZED_COMMUNITY_RESIDENCE:
+  1998-01-01: 89
+
+NONSUBSIDIZED_COMMUNITY_RESIDENCE:
+  1998-01-01: 149
+
+ENHANCED_FAMILY_CARE:
+  1998-01-01: 207
+
+RESIDENTIAL_CARE:
+  1998-01-01: 207
+
+# No adult category grant in excluded arrangements.
+NONE:
+  1998-01-01: 0

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/minimum_payment_level/two_person.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire maintains this minimum supplemental payment level for a two-person independent-living assistance group under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  # SR 26-01: the $1,492 standard less the $1,491 SSI maximum for an individual
+  # and either a spouse or needy essential person, plus the $20 standard
+  # disregard. SSA's January 1998 and January 2011 tables print the same $21
+  # couple supplement, and NH's January releases match it from 1998 (SR 97-44)
+  # to 2026.
+  1998-01-01: 21
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP two-person minimum payment level
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 658.03(c) and (e), Adult category standard of need
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html
+    - title: SSA, State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 1998, New Hampshire, payment levels
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/1998/nh.pdf#page=3
+    - title: SSA, State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011, New Hampshire, Table 1
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/nh.pdf#page=2
+    - title: NH DHHS Supervisory Release SR 97-44, January 1998 COLA
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210808185249/https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sr_htm/html/sr_97-44_dated_01_98.htm
+    - title: NH DHHS Supervisory Release SR 26-01, January 2026 COLA
+      href: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sr_htm/html/sr_26-01_dated_01_26.htm

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/resource_limit.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire limits countable resources to this amount under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 1_500
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  label: New Hampshire SSP resource limit
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 656.06(b), Adult category resource limit
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/standard_disregard.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire deducts this amount from the income of an assistance group of each size under the adult category financial assistance program.
+
+metadata:
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 4)
+  breakdown_label:
+    - Assistance group size
+  label: New Hampshire SSP standard disregard
+  reference:
+    - title: He-W 654.16(b), Adult standard disregard
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html
+
+1:
+  2026-01-01: 13
+
+2:
+  2026-01-01: 20
+
+3:
+  2026-01-01: 25

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nh/dhhs/ssp/three_person_need.yaml

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+description: New Hampshire sets this standard of need for a three-person independent-living assistance group under the adult category financial assistance program.
+values:
+  # NOTE: NH's three-person standard is DHHS's stated SSI maximum for a couple
+  # and needy essential person less $12 ($1,988 - $12 = $1,976 in 2026). That
+  # maximum usually equals the couple rate plus the SSI essential person
+  # increment, but not in 2026 ($1,491 + $498 = $1,989), so the published
+  # standard is kept and needs a new value each January.
+  2026-01-01: 1_976
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Hampshire SSP three-person standard of need
+  reference:
+    - title: NH DHHS Supervisory Release SR 26-01, January 2026 COLA
+      href: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sr_htm/html/sr_26-01_dated_01_26.htm
+    - title: NH DHHS Adult Assistance Manual 601, Table A
+      href: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/aam_htm/html/601_table_a_income_limits_aam.htm
+    - title: He-W 658.03(e), Adult category standard of need
+      href: https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-w600.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/sources/unearned.yaml

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ values:
     - mn_msa_person
     - mo_ssp
     - ne_aabd
+    - nh_ssp
     - nm_ssi_state_supplement
     - sc_ssi_state_supplement
     - tx_ssi_state_supplement
@@ -95,9 +96,7 @@ values:
 
 metadata:
   reference:
-    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)
-      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9#b_2
-    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(c)(1)
-      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9#c_1
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2) and (c)(1)
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.9
     - title: POMS SI 01401.001 General Information about State Supplementation
       href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501401001

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

@@ -1093,6 +1093,16 @@ programs:
           tracks. Unmodeled paths: grandfathered medically-needy-in-medical-
           institution recipients per WAC 388-478-0055(2)(b); DDA-determined /
           PVL track per (2)(f); and foster child in BRS per (2)(g).
+      - state: NH
+        status: partial
+        name: New Hampshire SSP
+        full_name: New Hampshire State Supplement Program
+        variable: nh_ssp
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.nh.dhhs.ssp
+        verified_years: '2026'
+        notes: Models 2026 adult category cash assistance (OAA, ANB and APTD) for independent
+          living, certified community care, couples and needy essential persons. Conditional
+          resources, sanctions and grandfathered benefits are not modeled.
 
   - id: social_security
     name: Social Security