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, v/, /,; 4 , Hall County Department of Corrections Administration Jail g / Hall County Courthouse County /City Public Safety Center 111 W. 1 St. 131 S. Locust St. Grand Island, NE 68801 Grand Island, NE 68801 308- 385 -5206 308 - 385 -5211 David L. Arnold Holly Plejdrup Director Administrative Assistant February 23, 2005 Director David Arnold Hall County Department of Corrections 131 South Locust Grand Island, NE 68801 Dear Director Arnold: Recently, I spoke with you regarding the Social Security Administration's Inmate Incentive Payment Program that we participate in Here is a brief description of the program and our responsibilities as a Reporter. On August 6, 1997, the Hall County Department of Corrections signed an agreement with the Social Security Administration to begin the Inmate Incentive Payment Program. The purpose of this program is to alert the Social Security Administration that an individual receiving Supplemental Security Income has been incarcerated. For SSI benefits, the law states that you cannot live in a public institution (jail, prison, penal facility) for a full calendar month or more, and continue to receive SSI benefits. For Title 11 benefits (pertaining to Federal Old -Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits), the law states that if an individual commits a crime, is convicted by a court, and serves more than 30 continuous days in jail following the conviction, the individual cannot receive Title II benefits. Each month, we send the Social Security Administration downloaded information from our database containing name information on those individuals who have been incarcerated in our facility. After this information has been reviewed by SSA, they send us a verification file. We use this information to help identify and correct false inmate name information in our database, which is shared with law enforcement agencies throughout the area.