My child has determined to be disabled. How much SSI can he get?
The state you live in is immaterial since SSI is a federal program and it is the same nationally. Can't answer you. Depends upon whether or not you are married and if you have any other children. If you are single and there are no other children, income of about $2900 would make him ineligible. His benefit will be very low but he will be eligible for Medicaid if he isn't already. As for his benefit amount - you will just have to wait and see when they process the claim. You will have to provide proof of your income on a monthly basis. Doglover is confusing $2000 in income with the $2000 resource rule. Income isn't a resource in the month it is received; it only becomes a resource the following month. Most people with earnings of $2000 a month use that income to meet household expenses and probably don't have money left over to become a resource the following month. The answer Doglover has given regarding $2000 in income is incorrect and I would refer Doglover to the SSA website to do some reading up on the subject to educate him/herself as to SSA's definition of a resource. Doglover should also look around for the "Chart of Monthly Deeming Break-Even Points for a Federal SSI Payment" and he/she will find that one parent with one child would have to earn about $2900 a month in order for that child not be be eligible for SSI. The chart shows amounts effective January, 2009 and can be easily updated by multiplying each amount by 3.5% for the current rates.
Can I claim "head of household" for disabled mother while my girlfriend claims "single" separately on my taxes?
Ok, to be more specific...here is my situation. 1. My mother lives with me. 2. My girlfriend and her two kids also live with me. ( We all live together basically) 3. My Mother receives SSI disability($674 per month) 4. My taxes are filed completely separate from my girlfriend's every year. Now, here her are some more specifics. I want to claim my mother as a disabled dependant while claiming "Head of Household" so i can receive the "earned income credit" since my mother lives with me and I pay for than 50% of the expenses throughout the year. My girlfriend will claim "single" and will claim her 2 kids as dependants to get her "earned income credit" also.... Based on what you've read so far, can this be done?? I don't want to mess up my Mother's Social Security, and Im pretty unclear on whether or not I can claim head of household for my Mother and I while my girlfriend separately claims "single" for her and her 2 kids. Thank you in advance.
Do children with language and learning disabilities qualify for SSI?
I have two sons 5 and 3 years old. My 5year old is currently in Kinder, he was born with cranyosinotosis. Which was corrected at 3 months with surgery. His life marks have been a little bit later than most kids, walking, eating, talking. Today I was informed by the school that he needs to be placed in special education. His father and I have been trying our 200%, but it doesn't seem to be enough only my husband works so that I can help my son with his school work and tutor him after school. My 3 year old was born with a cleft lip and palate and is having a hard time communicating with words he has been in speech therapy for 1 year know and the outcome is not great or noticeable. We have become very creative in order to support our family and get my sons what they need, many times we are left with 0 dllrs for the week and hope and pray that nothing happens. Other than that they seem to be doing fine are these good enough reasons to qualify? Thank You for your time.
Disability and having children.?
We need to take this step by step. 1. You marry. Your husband’s income will be counted against your SSI and you may well loose all of it. Check with your local office to be sure. 2. You have his child but do not marry him. Important: He acknowledges to the local registrar that the child is his. He can probably do that at the hospital when the child is born. In the first full month he is alive you will apply and your infant child will be entitled to 1/2 of your boyfriend’s disability benefit (his PIA), in this case $750. Your SSI will be unchanged. 3. You marry and have a child. Since you are on SSI you will be required to file for a young mother’s benefit. Your husband’s benefit has a family maximum of 150 per cent of his PIA so you and your child will divide $750 but the division will not be equal. You already get $400 in Social Security so there will be a combined family maximum. However, you have a low benefit so your family max is probably the same as your pia, or $400. (And your husband may not get the full 150 per cent). It is a complicated calculation but you will wind up with somewhat more money and your SSI will be reduced. 4. At this point in your life SSA will punish you if you get married by taking a big chunk and possibly all of your SSI. But if you marry and at some later point your husband were to pass away you and your child would get all of your husband’s benefits or $1500 a month and in fact somewhat more as you get a benefit too. That is because a survivor’s benefit is 3/4 of the PIA or about $930 each. And at age 50 you could collect a Disabled Widow’s Benefit. On the other hand if you never marry and your boy friend should pass away you would never get any of his social security although your child would get a survivor benefit until he or she turns 18. 5. There are many reasons, important reasons, to marry. Unfortunately the government interferes with that right for you and your husband because you get SSI. I do think you and your boyfriend should go in to your local office and see what effect marrying and having a child would have on your benefits. And if at all possible I think you should marry. Live is about a lot more than SSI. And I wish the two of you every success in whatever you decide to do.
What happens to a disabled person’s social security disability money if they get married and hasn't told them yet?
It depends. If you get SSDI benefits based on your own work record, your benefits will not be affected. However, if you receive a Social Security disability benefit based off of one of your parent's work record (called a Disabled Adult Child benefit, also known as Childhood Disability Benefits), you will lose your benefit unless you marry someone who also receives SSDI or Disabled Adult Child benefits). These are also known as Title II benefits and are based on either your own work record, or a parent who is either deceased, disabled, or retired and paid enough into Social Security to qualify for Social Security benefits.The rules are different if you receive SSI, which is a welfare benefit for people who are disabled or over the age of 65 and haven’t work enough to qualify for Social Security benefits. If you marry someone who is also on SSI, your combined benefits will be reduced. For example, if two SSI recipients each receive the current maximum federal SSI benefit rate of $735 each, once they get married, their benefits will be reduced to $1,103 (in 2017). If you marry someone who isn't receiving SSI benefits, Social Security uses a calculation called spouse-to-spouse deeming to determine if you can even keep your SSI benefits based on your spouse’s income. This is why a lot of people on SSI don’t get married.It’s always in your best interest to inform SSA if you get married. I’m always surprised at how many of my clients don’t even know which benefit they receive. It’s so much easier just to inform SSA if you get married than risk owing them potentially tens of thousands of dollars back if you aren’t sure if you’re receiving SSDI.