The State Disability Assistance (SDA) program provides cash assistance to disabled adults to help them pay for living expenses such as rent, heat, utilities, clothing, food and personal care items. A person is considered disabled for SDA purposes if he/she:<>

• Receives certain other disability-related benefits (such as Medicaid based on disability or blindness).
• Resides in a special facility (such as a licensed Adult Foster Care Home).
• Is certified by DHS medical consultants as unable to work due to a mental or physical disability for at least 90 days.

SDA may also be provided to the caretaker of a disabled person or to a person age 65 or older. An SDA group can be either a single person or spouses who live together.