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Question

i am very bad at spelling so plz no one make fun of me just need a little help on something...............
ok there is this 43 yr old woman i know that gets ssdi and is working and brings home from work like 500 every two weeks and she wants tog get fired to she can get unplement can she get it? or is what she doing frud? oh and she is geting food stamps her heat payed for and her phone and her rent all from welfar and i realy think she is defurding the gov i was just wondering what you guys think?and she has housing help right and 5 durg feloneis on her i don't think she can get that with out lyeing
thanks for the help too

---ok she is geting 700.00 a moth with ssd NOT ssi
---200.00 in food stamps
---all of her 350.00 rent payed for
---150.00 phone bill
---200.00 every 2weeks for her heat hot water and cooking oil payed for
---and she brings home after taxes 500.00 every two weeks from the work she dose
and spends all the money she haas on pills and weed and drinking
tho hole thing is she flants it like its good and she brags about it and i was wondering if that ewas right i was not gonna rat her i just want to know whats right

ok she has no one liveing in the house with her she just got off prole with the durg cov. and i have a boyfreind i live with works at the same plase i resve ssi and i am prego too i am 23 years old and my man is 21 yrs old bring home the same a monent i get the same in ssi and i go to get foodstamps help , rent help , heap / the heat help and med help and they tell me no ..........
i can only get 10.00 a mo of food stamps and nothing else
i don're understand if me and my man brin the same as her in how dose she get this help and worst off .........................
i am gonna give brith any day and my houseing rent is 700 a mo and hers only 3500 mo i just don't get how that all works/???/??????


i wish i could get some help b/c i know if i was not woth my man every thing would go good just b/c he got a incom in then i can get any thing and ............
when plp like me realy need it like look at this.......................

--my man gets 500.00 pay check every two weeks
-- i get a 656.60 pay every mo
---and or rent is 700.00
----fuel (used for cooking and hot water and heat is 300.00 every mo
-----phone 25.00 every mo
------tv 100.00 every mo ( b/c of the cable internet)
---- and a 250.00 every mo food
--- 150 for elricrtc
we are left with 150 (give or take)

and worst off i can't even get wic but i bet she could get it some how

how can all this be???????

Answer 1

When it comes to public benefits its difficult to compare your case with someone else. Every situation is different and it doesn’t serve you any good to say well she gets it, so I should too. Also each public benefit has different eligibility criteria that are specific to an individual person, for example;

SSA - SSDI is based on a person's work history, the work history of a spouse or a parent if the disability was present prior to age 22. People still need to be permanently disabled to be eligible, SSA generally will send people to their own doctors to see of they meet this criteria. For those who do not have a significant work history, then they become eligible for SSI but the same disability criteria applies.

Food Stamps - A lot of things go into determining whether someone is eligible for food stamps, such as additional living expenses, out of pocket medical expenses, utility bills, number of people in the household and household income.

Housing - Depends on what kind of housing, i.e. Section 8, project based housing, or disabled/elderly housing all have different eligibility criteria. Waiting list for each can vary as well.

I would be wary of her intentions, one can get unemployment while on SSDI but it can come back to bite her because employment implies that one is looking for full time work, while receiving SSDI implies that one cannot work at a self-sufficiency level. Also, if someone earns over $900 while on SSDI, they potentially could be considered to be self-sufficient.

Answer 2

It happens, whether its legal or not. I know many people that are "in" the system and there for the long run. It really ruins it for when people who really need the help get told no. I know someone (rolling eyes, wishing I didn't) that is in disabled housing (paying 6 dollars a month rent) getting housing for 300.00, fs for 400.00, a disability check 500.00, a medical card (which she abuses, and walks around like a pharmacy all the time) has all utilities and phone and everything paid for. She gets everything on the first of the month and is flat broke on the 7th. I feel for you. I know this person can work, and is fine. Doctors have said so and the state keeps her on the system to keep her shut up. I would say, contact the local welfare office and alert them that she is attempting to get fired to be able to draw unemployment. They may step in. Good luck. Hope she wises up soon.

Answer 3

When you receive social security benefits, you can work a small amount of hours before it effects your benefits, Welfare benefits are determined upon the amount of household income, and considering it is RSDI they would count that and any earned income, it is SSI benefits that they do not count. I would have to say that she is definitely lying to them... as far as government funded housing.. section 8, you can have a felony conviction, but not a drug or violent crime... the drug convictions would have to be pretty old for them not to consider it. Food stamps are also given on the basis of income amount... There is no doubt the woman is lying and committing fraud to one or more of these agencies. When she gets caught, she will be up to her crack in trouble... and will not only face doing time in jail/prison... but will have to pay all that money that is considered an overpayment back.
When the subsidized housing determines eligibility, the applicant has to fall 150% below the poverty level, and more than half of their income is paying for housing costs. As far as I can tell from the information you have given this woman isn't within that category. Also, when determining elegibility for these programs, welfare, subsidy... how many people that are in the household are factored in as well... if they have earned income, and over the age of 18... their income is counted. If they are a minor receiving social security benefits... those are counted as well.

Answer 4

Whether or not it's legal, it happens.

They take into consideration -- other people in the household as well as their incomes, provided they are over the age of 18 and working.

What I consider amusing -- I work 50 hours a week at a fast food job, more than half of my checks go to housing, my fiance is unemployed, and I couldn't get any help until I got pregnant. Not even medical. Go figure, eh?

Answer 5

Actually she's entitled to SSI and all the other things cause thats only 250.00 a week, not a whole lot to live one which makes her eligable for the help from the state. The unemployment I don't know about tho, cause she might be making to much for that and if she gets fired it's possiable she won't get it. The 5 felonies don't affect any of her help.

Answer 6

She is considered below poverty level and does qualify for assistance, however; I am not sure about the housing part, I thought you could not have felonies and live in government housing.

Answer 7

You can't have felonies and live in government housing and making $1,000 a month working would not allow you to be eligible for SSI. She is breaking the law.