Effective January 1, 2017, the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) payment standard increased by 2.76%. This increase also caused increases in the presumed maximum value of in-kind support and maintenance, the allowance for ineligible children in deeming situations, the sponsor’s allocation in alien deeming situations and the allowance for parents in parent-to-child deeming situations.
For couples where one spouse receives SSI and the other receives CAPI, budgeting will be done prospectively to prevent the couple from receiving more than the appropriate couples payment standard because of the increase in CAPI benefits.
CDSS included a chart of the new CAPI payment standards. (ACIN I-81-16, December 19, 2016.)