Add New Jersey state supplementation for 2026

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

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+Add New Jersey state supplementary payments and the ineligible-spouse variation, verified 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 Jersey benefits
+    - nj_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 Jersey benefits
+    - nj_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 Jersey benefits
+    - nj_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 Jersey benefits
+    - nj_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
+    - nj_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/ssa/ssi/state_supplement/minimum_payment.yaml

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+description: The Social Security Administration pays at least this monthly amount to each recipient of a positive federally administered optional state supplement.
+values:
+  2026-01-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: SSI optional state supplement minimum payment
+  reference:
+    - title: 20 CFR 416.2020(c) - Minimum federally administered supplementary payment
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/416/416-2020.htm
+    - title: POMS SI 02001.005 A.2 and B.2 - Minimum benefit for individuals and members of couples
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0502001005

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/njdhs/ssp/amount/couple.yaml

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+description: New Jersey provides this amount as the monthly couple payment under the State Supplementary Payment program.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Jersey SSP couple payment rate
+  breakdown:
+    - nj_ssp_living_arrangement
+  reference:
+    - title: POMS SI 01415.058 J.2.b, New Jersey January 2026 couple payment levels
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415058#j2b
+
+LIVING_ALONE_OR_WITH_OTHERS:
+  2026-01-01: 25.35
+
+# SSA publishes no couple rate for code C (SI 01415.058 J.1). This placeholder
+# repeats the B couple rate and never affects results: a claimant with an
+# ineligible spouse is paid as an individual or, under deeming, at the higher
+# individual rate (SI 01320.430 D.2.c).
+LIVING_ONLY_WITH_INELIGIBLE_SPOUSE:
+  2026-01-01: 25.35
+
+CONGREGATE_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 618.35
+
+RESIDENTIAL_HEALTH_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 738.35
+
+HOUSEHOLD_OF_ANOTHER:
+  2026-01-01: 93.08
+
+MEDICAID_INSTITUTION:
+  2026-01-01: 40
+
+NONE:
+  2026-01-01: 0

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/njdhs/ssp/amount/individual.yaml

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+description: New Jersey provides this amount as the monthly individual payment under the State Supplementary Payment program.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Jersey SSP individual payment rate
+  breakdown:
+    - nj_ssp_living_arrangement
+  reference:
+    - title: POMS SI 01415.058 J.2.a, New Jersey January 2026 individual payment levels
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501415058#j2a
+
+LIVING_ALONE_OR_WITH_OTHERS:
+  2026-01-01: 31.25
+
+LIVING_ONLY_WITH_INELIGIBLE_SPOUSE:
+  2026-01-01: 152.99
+
+CONGREGATE_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 150.05
+
+RESIDENTIAL_HEALTH_CARE:
+  2026-01-01: 210.05
+
+HOUSEHOLD_OF_ANOTHER:
+  2026-01-01: 44.31
+
+MEDICAID_INSTITUTION:
+  2026-01-01: 20
+
+NONE:
+  2026-01-01: 0

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

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ values:
     - mn_msa_person
     - mo_ssp
     - ne_aabd
+    - nj_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 +1093,17 @@ 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: NJ
+        status: partial
+        name: New Jersey SSP
+        full_name: New Jersey State Supplementary Payment
+        variable: nj_ssp
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.nj.njdhs.ssp
+        verified_years: "2026"
+        notes: >-
+          Models 2026 New Jersey optional supplement rates by living
+          arrangement, including the ineligible-spouse variation. Mandatory
+          grandfathered supplementation is not modeled.
 
   - id: social_security
     name: Social Security