will applying for food stamps mess up my ssi?
546883
hmmmm!\nNo but not working will not help your status either, understand, your ssi will effect the amount of food stamps you can qualify for and reveive in most States.
1050155
If you are going to apply for SSI and or SSD (Social Security Disability) you should make an appointment to go to your local SSA office (social security administration).  You can make an appointment by calling 1-800-772-1213.  You should go on line to fill out the on line disability report  ( http://www.ssa.gov  ), which will save you a lot of time at your appointment IF you fill out the report completely.  If you want to apply for BOTH SSI and SSD, you should let them know that when you set up your appointment, because they are two different programs and need two different applications. They will use the same medical information for both applications, but they each have their own set of questions they have to ask.\n\nTo be eligible for SSI you have to be found disabled and have limited income and resources. To be eligible for SSD you have to be found disabled and be ensured, meaning you have to have enough work credits on your record. \n\nBeing approved for SSI and or SSD the first time you apply is pretty rare, but it does depend on what type of disability you have.  If you do get denied, you should appeal it instead of reapplying.  While you are waiting for your SSI and or SSD to go though, you should apply for welfare as it can take several years to resolve your SSI/SSD applications.  I say resolve, because I don't want to say that you will be approved after that time.  It may still be found that you are not disabled.  It could take you several years to be approved, or several years to find out that you will be denied.  \n\nGood luck.
528921
You can always appeal, but like most government bureaucracies, they tend to take the easy way out and take the advice of the people below them in the chain. It is the sad state of affairs in this country that the government promises to take care of people, yet is the most inefficient possible way of doing so.\n\nIf you want real results, bite the bullet and get a lawyer. You'll receive far more from SSI than you ever paid in even with lawyer's fees, which basically means that I'll help pay for your money even though I'll never get any myself.
473197
Perhaps you can consider that if you put all the time and effort makeing, and then backing up your complaint, it would probably equal the same amount of time and effort to get enough income so that you would not need food stamps... just a thought..
253413
Knowing what state you are in would be helpful, but that you have access to the internet, you should visit the link for your state's Dept of Health and Human services and look under the FAQs page for TANF and food stamp assistance
147987
im poor on ssi i could really use an sfghan allen_greensmoke@yahoo.com
667541
It is important for people who come into some financial difficulties. Like me I had a son and I could pay my rent, I didn't have money for food. So I went to public assistance. The gave me money $109 a month. Paid for my childcare while I went out and looked for a job. Put me in a program so that I could find a job. Paid a portion of my rent,gave me food stamps. And gave me six months of carfare when I started working. I was on public assistance for one month. And it helped me out alot. I also worked before so I had a right to apply for public assistance and the taxes that they take out of our checks help keeping welfare going. But to our dismay there are alot of peope who scam and make welfare seem like a bad thing and its not. Its there to help you get on your feet. but yet there are alot of people who use welfare as way to live.And its not right. And that makes me mad because there are people out there that really need help and get denied the help that they need.
934566
It depends on the severity of the condition, not necessarily the condition itself. Some people with Hepatitis C have little to no symptoms and are able to work. Others are completely debilitated and disabled. SSI and SSD will not cover drug or alcohol addiction, but any mental or physical condition that results in the person being disabled, and therefore unable to work, is covered. Some people may even receive SSI or SSD when the treatment for their given condition leads to them being disabled and unable to work, if the condition itself doesn't.\n\nI know someone suffering from Hepatitis C and unable to work that applied for SSI and SSD but was denied. She said that people afflicted with Hepatitis are usually denied their first time and have to reapply. \n\nThe Social Security Administration will be better able to answer this question for you.
695439
SSI is Supplemental Security Income.It is given to people who are disabled but don't have enough work credits to qualify for disability through Social Security.And I believe it is usually given through the welfare office.\nSSD is Social Security Disability.It is given to people who have enough work credits paid into the Social Security system.You have had to pay enough into it to qualify.\nI totally understand what your friend is going through.I have been receiving SSD for a few years.People always assume I am getting welfare.My check is based on what I made during the 20+ years that I worked.\nSSI checks are usually smaller than SSD checks,unless you didn't earn much money while you worked.Either way,it isn't enough to live off of.
325982
anyone can get food stamps..just go to your local well fare office and talk to a case worker...bring your last paycheck stub and bring your kids social security numbers and also bring your proof of rent and your last electric bill also..this way they can tell how much food stamps u will need to feed your family....Getting food stamps is easy..so long as u are honest and bring all the stuff that i mention will show them that your income doesn't cover all areas..u will get food stamps...Cause in America no child shall go hungry..i have seen folks getting anywhere from $125 a month to $400 something...depending on how many kids u have...or don't have...even if u have 0 kids u still can get food stamps
186867
You can work up to a certain amount before being declared unretired. Call the local SSI office and they will be able to give you all the info.
79390
Yes, my son just started receiving it.\nDoes your child go see a counslor at your local community mental health clinic? \nIf not take them to set up meetings which will vary weekly or monthly.\nIf they do and you have record of this, you can go to your local SSI office and apply.\nand SSI will have them go see someone at a clinic for a determination and it usually takes a couple months for a reply.\n\nGood Luck
116594
Yes, it is possible.  All this individual would have to do is secure a job.  At that time he/she would simply contact SSI and inform them that "they were in luck and found someone that would hire them.\nAt that point - SSI would stop their payments.
1112074
I can't tell you much except sympathize with your situation, and tell you from personal experience that whether social security grants or refuses your claim has nothing to do with your condition.  They twice refused my husbands claim when he was diabetic, had two heart conditions, a half dozen other problems, and within a year was declared 140% disabled by the V.A.  They want you to hire a lawyer, and assign up to a third of your benefits pending to him.  I believe it is crooked as can be.  I knew people with arthritis and little else to agree to the lawyer rip off and get S.S. about the same time.  All I can tell you is they will answer for it.  Cold comfort when you're broke and hurting, isn't it.  Try a Church for immediate help, and probably better agree to their rip off.  You usually get it when you do.
371467
I've been on SSI most of my adult life and I can tell you that you will get denied, then you will have to file an appeal. SSI will probably send you to their own psychologist and from there who knows. If you keep getting your appeals denied, the final step will be you hiring a lawyer and there will be a court case where a judge will look over the evidence and make a final decision. I am not going to downplay the severity of your situation in anyway, but to give you a comparison, I have schizophrenia, which is about as crazy as they get and I had to apply, get denied, appeal, get denied, go to work for 9 months and fail, then apply again, put on a short term trial period, then reevaluated through a rigorous series of psychological tests before they finally conceded that I am disabled. Process started in spring of 2000 and I got my award letter in August 2004. You are in for an up hill battle.
976642
No.  What the govt needs to do is make sure that the people on food stamps and welfare are actually citizens.  There are a lot of illegals in the "welfare"system and it truly irritates me.  I need help and I can't get it but people who aren't citizens walk in and get whatever they want.  The food stamps and welfare are for citizens who need short-term help for whatever reason.
384684
if a person has a legit reason to be on SSI they should not stall on declaring benifits. though typically you would get denied like 2-3 times before you see any acceptance into SSI Benifits judging from past experience.. I have Spina Bifiada and i had signed up to receive benefits and thats what happened with me..I needed it to get on my feet while trying to gain meaningful employment. however after I became Married I decided to drop SSI because how degrading they make you feel with questions you have to recertify with annually like how many times do you go to the bathroom and can you wipe yourself and etc. I now have Strong Customer Service Skills many years later but without a college degree. I have reached as far as I can now...So I am going to get my Associates Degree as a Medical Billing and Reimbursment Specialist. My hopes is that when i am done i will be able to work from home after a few years of working in an office. Oh I am one of a very few with my disablity that are able to walk but as time and injuries have happened my back is getting worse therefore i cannot see myself working out in the field too many more years. if i am able to work from home I will be able to sit in what ever angle is most comfortable to me without people looking at me. The brain is good but the body is not allways willing!!