I am not disabled but am caring for three of myown children who are. Two are diagnosed with ASD and one global/speech delays. Because of the amount of therapists and hours of service I cannot take a job.
Is there any resource that can supply supplemental income?
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Your kids should all be getting social security checks, are they?None of them do, nor medicaid. My oldest gets DDI but it is only the stipend and i was told it will be at least two years before I see anything.
Is that accurate?
My twins are 15 months and were diagnosed within the last two months. I have not applied for ss or medicaid yet. My oldest was turned down by ss because of our income. Is it worth trying again with the twins? I did apply for ddi recently for the twins but have not heard anything yet.
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try social security, i don't know where you are located though, i have 3 autistic children and i am only able to recieve ssi for one of them.Yes apply if yr turned down appeal rt away and seek an attorney who specialize in SS disability cases. People are usually turned down the 1st time so appeal also get as much information from every professional you've delt with the more inflo the better. I don't know what DDI is. I am not sure of the income guidlines are but i would check it out alot more. It seems if you have 3 kids and one income and bills that you should meet the guildlines. It stands for Supplmental Security Income. With my oldest it took them over 9 months to come to a decision and with my youngest it took them 3-4 months. So it is a process but it is worth it in the long run. You can qualify for so many different goverment programs with just having SSI. I don't know where you are from but that is how it is here in MN
Just wondering what DDI is, I've never heard of it.It really depends on what state you are in too. I know in my state it is next to impossible to get a medicaid waiver, and they only have so many. We are in Tx. govt. help in most cases happens after you get money other ways first. They only give it here as a last result.I recieve SSI for all 4 of my disabled children. They do have income limit cutoffs but, they can not count your home, land, or vechile, When I first applied for SSI for my son I was turned down, I read their listing of impairments for children, looked for the section my child fell under, looked at their requirements and realized he met them. So I appealed sent in a copy of there own requirements and he got approved. With all my other 3 children, I gathered all the doctors evidence and letters and all evaluations and sent it to them with the application. Didnt do that the first time. The next 3 times I applied for my other children they were approved the 1st time. I believe its just a matter of filling out paperwork correctly. 603.00 is the max amount per month for this year, next year COLA increases.
The income levels are different for each state, you can call social security and ask what the income limit is for the number of people in your household. Below are things that they do not count. In some cases you can deduct medical expenses like transportation, devices, etc. Also I know it sounds weird but you can charge your child room and board and that is deductiable. You can charge (ex. 6 in my household I can charge each child 1/6th of the total monthly bills. That will help bring your income down. Their number is 1-800-772-1213. hope this helps.
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This was taken off the socail security website
Whether you can get SSI depends on your income and resources (the things you own).
Income is money you receive such as wages, Social Security benefits and pensions. Income also includes such things as food and shelter. The amount of income you can receive each month and still get SSI depends partly on where you live. You can call us to find out the income limits in your state.
Social Security does not count all of your income when we decide whether you qualify for SSI. For example, we do not count:
If you are married, we also include part of your spouse’s income and resources when deciding whether you qualify for SSI. If you are younger than age 18, we include part of your parents’ income and resources. And, if you are a sponsored noncitizen, we may include your sponsor’s income and resources.
If you are a student, some of the wages or scholarships you receive may not count.
If you are disabled but work, Social Security does not count wages you use to pay for items or services that help you to work. For example, if you need a wheelchair, the wages you use to pay for the wheelchair do not count as income when we decide whether you qualify for SSI.
Also, Social Security does not count any wages a blind person uses for work expenses. For example, if a blind person uses wages to pay for transportation to and from work, the wages used to pay the transportation cost are not counted as income.
If you are disabled or blind, some of the income you use (or save) for training or to buy things you need to work may not count.
Resources that we count in deciding whether you qualify for SSI include real estate, bank accounts, cash, stocks and bonds.
You may be able to get SSI if your resources are worth no more than ,000. A couple may be able to get SSI if they have resources worth no more than ,000. If you own property that you are trying to sell, you may be able to get SSI while trying to sell it.
Social Security does not count everything you own in deciding whether you have too many resources to qualify for SSI. For example, we do not count:
Getting disability is hard like any govt. ALL GOVT HELP looks at income of the family and have to use any OTHER SOURCES FIRST LIKE MONEY IN SAVEINGS ACCOUNTS.
DIVORCED PEOPLE EVEN OFTEN CAN'T GET IT CAUSE OF THE INCOME HELP THE X GIVES.
Here in MN I have to turn in monthly paystubs to have an accurate amount paid to us. I don't know the cutoff but I do know they don't count alot of your income. They don't count 3 ( i think that is what it is) for each ineligible child. Then they don't count 20$ and then 65$ for something. Then they don't count half of the parents income then I think it's like 9hundred something for parents living allowence. Whatever is left over they minus from the monthly amount your child is allowed to receive and that is what your check ends up being. They send me a print out of the process monthly.I too have heard of many people who did not qualify the first time. It's pretty standard I think to be turned down the first time. I would do what tonygirl suggested and file again, maybe look into some help for that if you have the money. In me opinion that is the weeding out process so they don't have to pay everybody with a disability. I would think alot of people wouldn't apply again because the process is so lenthy.
I have a friend who is a horse trainer. He had a riding accidnet at around 23 or 24 years of age. He smased up one side of his, lost his eye, and had to have his face rebuilt with metal plates. He spent soooo much time in the hospital and wasn't allowed to ride for like over an year. When he finally was able to ride again, his balance was off and he couldn't train. He was going to apply for disability, which may be different than what we are talking about for children, but when he went to the office he said there were so many people there and he had to wait forever to talk to somebody and he refused to go there again because he didn't want to spend days waiting. In the meantime, he continued to ride and now is back to training because he got used to see with only one eye. I wonder how many other people don't go through the process because of the way it is set up. It's such a hassle. I guess you have to keep your sights on the end product because I am sure it is well worth it for all you guys.
Good luck!
SS laws are always changing, so don't give up, keep trying, be sure and document all DX and doctor visits, copies of medical records, IEP, etc.
Also if there are grandparents out there who have their disabled grandkids living with them, the child can receive SSI and no income of the grandparent is counted as long as the parents do not live with you too.
go to the SSA.gov website and find info. Also go to thewww.childrensdefense.org
and download or read the booklet called "The Grandparent's and Other Relative caregiver's Guide to Raising Children with Disabilities" It has a wealth of info!
I know of too many families who applied for SSI for their children who ended up a year and a half later oweing the government nearly ,000 back. Often the new way of filing SSI is they take an average of 4 months of checks and decide by that what the average income is for those months. They determin you SSI benefits from those specific checks and if you qualify then you start receiving checks from SSI. They are not asking parents to send in their monthly income checks unless you get a bonus or a pay raise. They do not require a check to be sent in if you work overtime as they averaged that in from the beginning. After a year or so they request check stubs from the company you work for and see if they have over paid you within the time period you have been receiving money from SSI. The average cut off of income for a family of 4 is 00 a month before taxes. That is all that you can make at a job, before taxes. If you make 50 because you worked overtime you owe them that month back. Add 18 months into the mix and you owe thousands.