2006-08-06 04:56:36 · 3 answers · asked by someoneyoudontknow 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
There's a difference between SSI and SSDI, so you need to make sure which one you mean.
SSDI is Social Security Disability Income for those who have worked long enough to qualify for the benefits. They don't take into account any assets or other household income when they figure your benefit amount. The amount you get will depend upon how much you paid in over the years that you worked.
SSI is Supplemental Security Income. This is a type of welfare for those who haven't worked long enough to earn enough credits to qualify for SSDI. For this, they take into account any assets owned as well as household income to figure the amount you would get.
You have to be totally disabled and unable to work any job that you would qualify for based on your age and education level to get either.
2006-08-06 06:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Pastafarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all goes according to how much you earned. ($1200) I earned $3500 per month when I went on disability and I can tell you what I got didn't help much at all. I'm talking literally a couple hundred dollars.
Contact the SS office and speak with them. Its not easy getting it either.
2006-08-06 05:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by Kryp2knight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you go to the social security site.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
This will tell you exactly how much you will get.
You will just have to put in your ss # and it will help you from there.
2006-08-06 05:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by wilsonsdad2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋