Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI)

What is CAPI?

CAPI is a program designed to provide monthly cash benefits to aged, blind, or disabled non-citizens who are ineligible for SSI/SSP solely due to their immigration status.

To be eligible for CAPI you must:

  1. Be ineligible for SSI/SSP solely due to immigration status,
  2. Be aged, blind, or disabled,
  3. Be a resident of California,
  4. Have resources below the allowable limits of $2,000 for an individual or $3,000 for a couple,
  5. Have income that is less than the CAPI Payment Standard​, and
  6. Be a non-citizen and meet the immigration status criteria (See Manual of Policies and Procedures (MPP) Section 49.020 “Immigration Status")

CAPI benefit amounts vary depending on your marital status, living arrangement, and income.  The payment standards are the same as the SSI/SSP payment standards.

Apply

Information About Your Case

Call: 1-800-929-8118  

In person:

5747 Watt Ave.
North Highlands, CA 95660
Office Hours:
Mon – Fri 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Reasonable Accommodations

Do you have any physical, mental, developmental, or emotional conditions that make it hard for you to apply for benefits or meet program requirements? We can give you extra help. We call this type of help a reasonable accommodation.

To request a reasonable accommodation, you may:

  • Verbally by calling the Service Center at  1-800-560-0976 or while speaking to a worker about your case
  • Submit a written request online, by mail, by fax, or in person

The law protects people with physical, mental, emotional, and developmental disabilities as well as others with serious health problems (42 U.S.C. § 12132). For more information, please review the PUB 13 and USDA Nondiscrimination Statement.