Is she squirting them out now to get more welfare?

Question

My sister has already had 2 kids. she is on all full out welfare. section 8 has a big 3 bedroom house in a fancy town that is worth $1,300 a month the government pays for it. she has $400 month in food stamps she gets TANF etc... she even has a boyfreind who makes $15 hour and lives with her , but she doesnt report the income. so she hasnt worked the past 6 years, shes been on welfare completely. and her and her boyfriend area lways going out to eat at fancy restaurants. she has new nice clothes all the time. now she is pregnant with #3 and confided to someone she is not marrying the father cause she doesnt want her welfare benefits cut. Do you think she is just having more and more kids at this poitn to get welfare?? she doesnt even seem to care about the ones she has now.

mornglry if only you knew. this is really what shes doing. as to what illegal ways shes scamming them i have no idea but this all seh has and doesnt work so you are wrong.

yep im pretty sure in colorado there is no limit on the section 8 or the food stamps part. as for TANF there is a limit but right when her 1st kid turned 5 she got pregnant again and its 5 years per kid. who knwos if that was planeed or not. now preg with # 3. she also has medicaid to pay for the doctor bills.

Answer 1

There are ways to cheat the system and she is def. doing it. I dont know about where you are at but here you dont have to do anything to get section 8 and food stamps just TANF but all you have to do is be looking for a job but here you can only get it for five years. I would say report her, but then the kids would suffer.

Answer 2

It sounds like she is definitely abusing the system and that is sad when there are so many other people out there that really need it. But she is not the first or only person to do it and get away with it. I've known of several people in my hometown who will never get a job so long as they can continue to abuse the system and get away with it. Yes the benefits increase with every child you have. She is also committing welfare fraud by not reporting what her live-in boyfriend makes. It doesn't matter if they are married or not if he lives in the house and is the father of all or any of her children he and his income is supposed to be reported. If she's doesn't care about her kids she shouldn't be having them. You or somebody should turn her in for welfare fraud. Though if she's not working but her boyfriend is there is a possibility even if she reported his income they would still qualify for food stamps and TANF but the amount she would receive would be based off his income so they would probably be reduced some what. As far as section 8 I couldn't tell you because I don't know anything about section 8.

Answer 3

Well mornglry you couldn't be more wrong my mom has 6 kids and has been on welfare since we were born. It doesn't run out every some odd months you just have to go to the D.E.S office and and tell them no I still don't have a job and yes all these kids still live with me, Section 8 you get an inspection every year if you pass you get to stay on it, Now if you get money you have to go to there job fair every year I believe. The government makes it easy for people to be lazy I for one will never e like my mom and will work for everything my child needs or wants

Answer 4

I find it unfortunate when people who don't actually *need* the benefits abuse them. That's the trouble really...

Especially when there are so many people out there that need help with this sort of thing, at least at some point in their life.

When I found out I was pregnant... we were on military health care... which ended a month later. We would have to pay 600+ a month to keep it. ( which really, wasn't in our budget. ) We just returned to the states, and no one would cover us due to a pre-existing condition. : / So medicaid was my only option...

I refused all WIC, and Food stamps that they tried to push my way and they didn't seem to understand when I told them no. I have no trouble at all providing food for myself, and this baby will be well taken care of. Someone else could really need those things and I'd rather see them get it.

As for getting off medicaid... as soon as I have the child, my husband will be working long enough at his job to apply for benefits. Including health care. So you see... I'm very grateful that the system was there when I needed it at this time in my life. (Hopefully the only time) and I'm very sad to see when people who don't need it... abuse it.

Anyway... I have no clue if she is or isn't abusing the system...
You would know better than anyone else here.

Answer 5

Seems almost like it doesn't it? I don't half blame these people...I checked on getting some assistance and the income level you must be at in order to receive these benefits is staggering...you couldn't afford to put 1 child in daycare for the little amount you can make and still qualify. Its better not to work.
I'm a single mom making about 45 a year and I can't afford it. And definitely don't qualify for any of the assistance my tax dollars have been paying for since I was 15 and started working. As I see it they don't incourage the folks to work.

Answer 6

Obviously what she is doing seems wrong and unethical. She is abusing the system, and others who actually deserve the government benefits, are getting shortchanged because of what she, and those like her, are doing.

I can't answer your questions with absolute certainty, because I haven't heard her side of the story. I don't think that any woman would have kids JUST for welfare benefits. And she didn't admit to that, only to the fact that she won't marry the father for the benefits.

If you think that she is not taking good care of her kids, you should talk to her about it. Don't be confrontational, because she will immediately go on the defensive. But talk to her as a sister, and ask her what is going on in her life, and in her head, that's making her act that way. Express your concern for her and for the kids, and offer constructive advice on how she can turn her life around and make something of herself, something that will make her kids proud. Good luck.

Answer 7

You should talk to your sister about this. I have 2 kids I was on welfare 8 years ago. I make to much money to even qualify again and I'm happy about that. I raise my kids all by myself and I'm the only one supporting them. How old is she? Some people just don't want to make a change in their life.

Answer 8

that's hard to believe she been on welfare benefits for that long, seeing that they past the law were your not allowed to be on welfare for more then 5 years now!! So she must be doing something to get over the system for that long.If she has a boyfriend living with her and he makes decent money, someone should report that to the welfare department, she taking money and food away from those that really need it.

Answer 9

It Doesent Make It Right Especially When The Boyfriend Is Making 15Hr. However If She's Young She Probably Doesn't Understand The Value Of A Child.If She's Older Than Say 18 She Should Get It Together.

Answer 10

I know she is your sister, so it can be touchey, but since you even posed this question, it sounds like you are fed up. Regardless of her reasons for having more children, if this boyfriend is the father of even one of them (and it sounds like the one coming up is his atleast), then his income counts. She needs to be reported to the welfare division of your state so that they can stop taking money that could actually help someone and giving it to her! What she is doing is fraud, and unless she is disabled in someway, parenthood does NOT make it impossible to get a job and support yourself. Countless other people have done it. Sounds like it's time she got off her butt and started supporting her family and stopped living off welfare.