The purpose of this program is to provide blind individuals who meet certain requirements and have been rejected for Supplemental Aid to the Blind (SAB) for reasons other than age and vision, and who are ineligible for SSI with reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health according to the standards developed by the Family Support Division.
The legal basis for administering the BP program is set out in Section 209.010 RSMo. The determination of eligibility of individuals for the program is set out in Sections 209.030 and 209.040 RSMo. Benefits are not payable to a blind person has been declared ineligible to receive SSI.