Do any of your kids qualify for SSI?

[Kristi]

We're a family of 5 and we get it in Illinois. I don't think they use all of Ron's income because he is Cody's step father. Not for sure if that is right, but seems like that is what the caseworker said. Ron made $14 an hour where he worked before and I made minimum and we still got the SSI. They did cut down alot for Codys child support (which we haven't gotten since Sept. 19)
hugs,
Kristi

[shellk]

Ditto here in the state of Florida...They told us tht she would qualify when she turned 18 and that depended on if she was working and the amount would be decreased...Crazy...My though is if these kids automaticaly qualify because of the DS, then it is based on what the parents make...Then how is it that if I sat around all day and ate ho-ho's and got so fat I could hardly move, then I would get some help from the state for being a fatty ? Somethings seems wrong with that deny all the kids and give it to the lardos....


Michele

[christie]

Michlele, with all due respect, I have to say I was kind of taken back by your post

Coming from one with a child of special needs, I was kind of surprised to see your post "Lardos" Hmmmmm I , myself am not a "Lardo" BUt if I were, I would take GREAT insult in that remark as we do her having children with DS being referred as "Retarted"

Just some room for thougth to us ALL that complain and then do the same thing

CC

[ALLISA]

ooohhh,... yikes, Michele, I have to agree with Chrisite, that was a little harsh


Should we just chalk that up to a bad case of Monday Blues ?

[YoshsMom]

Michele, I have battled a weight problem most of my life and I'm anything but lazy. Believe it or not, there are real medical reasons for being overweight and the heavier a person is, the more likely it is that they have a medical condition.

And as a teacher in the South Bronx I dealt with many families on public assistance, most of whom were in desperate need and caught in a system that penalizes them for trying to work. Are there people out there who cheat the welfare system? Of course, but they are the minority and it has nothing to do with what size they are. Calling fat people lazy is as bad as insulting people because of their race or religion and I'm shocked and hurt to find that kind of attitude here.

[Emilysmom]

I can't remember if I posted this before, but we did qualify when Emily was first born. It didn't last long, and honestly we were thrilled when it was over because that meant we were making more money and getting by so much better! Just one word of advice to anyone who does qualify....sigh....from my own experience. Be VERY careful to call them if your income increases at all!!! Without meaning to, you can end up no longer qualifying and can owe them a bunch of money in a hurry!!! And that, is a very unwelcome surprise!!! I made the mistake of assuming that they would continue to call me every 3 months to do updates on our income/expenses, etc and managed to get into a situation where we owed them.
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I agree.....I do think it is a federal program, so the guidelines should not differ from state to state.

Good luck Deanna!!!

Susan#nosmileys

[didmyheartgood]

Here is how SSI is figured... I hope this helps you, as I would appeal the decision. It just doesn't add up, Unless you have assets totaling over 5,000. This is one thing that can prevent a family from qualifying for SSI. SSI counts income and resources in two categories

Earned income and Unearned income

Here are the steps of how SSI is figured.

1. Parent's gross earned and unearned monthly income.

2. Start with unearned income.

3. Subtract a living allowance for each of the children in the household who is NOT eligible for SSI. The amount subtracted is reduced if these children have their own income (child support, employment.)

4. If parent's unearned income is less than the living allowance for the children, they subtract the balance of the living allowance from the parent's earned income.

5. They subtract $20.00 from the parents remaining unearned income. If the parents have less than $20.00 in unearned income, they subtract it from the earned income.

6. They subtract $65.00 from the parents remaining earned income, and then subtract 1/2 of any earnings over $65.00.

7. Add the remaining unearned and earned income together.

8.They subtract a living allowance for parents in the household.

9. Count any other remaining income as unearned income to the child.

10. If they are determing SSI for more than one child in the same household, they divide the remaining income between those children.

11. Add the parent's income counted to the child's own unearned income.

12. Subtract $20.00

13. Subtract $65.00

14. combine child's remaining unearned and earned income to get the total income used to determine the child's SSI eligibility and payment amount.

Law allows a max of $564.00 a month

Checks can be issued for $1.00(min) through $564.00(max) depending again on income....

Good luck and I hope this helps. Based on what you posted, I would guess they are counting some type of unearned income somewhere.... I would dispute it.

P.S.
Please keep all "fatty" and "Lardo" remarks to yourself.... This isn't the place for namecalling..... Not every welfare or SSI recepient sits around eating hoho's, while others pay their bills.... Shame on you.

[adisonsmom]

We are in Fl and also do not qualify for SSI. My husband and I are both ex-Navy and attend college full time, he has a job making $8.50 an hour, and we have one other child. The reason we don't qualify is due to our "unearned income" which by the way is financial aide (which isn't even enough to keep us from taking out student loans) that we both recieve to go to school. It is a sad situation, the money would help us a lot, but with a little more hard work we will have our degrees and not have need for the money. My only advice is keep trying and good luck to you all. At least it will be there for our kids when they turn 18, regaurdless of our financial situations.

Lori

[lindy]

I am in Florida too and we do qualify for SSI. Well most of the time anyway. My dh got 3 paychecks in July so in September we don't get a check.

I would like to get a job, but I am worried about losing medicaid for Jenna if I did lose SSI. I don't know how all that works.

[Haleysmom]

Lindy, Not sure about FL but I'm in RI - we do not qualify for ssi due to income, but Haley does have medicare which as I understand is based on disability and HER income not ours. DS did not qualify her for medicare, but she did have heart problems (2 holes) when she was born and I applied for the medicare. It was based on her income/savings. Now that she is on medicare, I am told she will not EVER be taken off of it. They send me forms every so often, but never anything I have to resubmit info for.