Guest guest Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi; I have a question about SSI and assitance. We signed up for SSI last year and got approved right off the bat. Then we were told that we could not have x amount of dollars on hand at any one time and we could not make so much or we would not qualify. What little checks we did get from my son was just enough to pay for the doctor bills that insurance would not pay for. Then six seven months into all this things going good, we had added in payments for neuropsych evaluation and a school advocate in there. We were told that my husband (who is the only one working) made to much money and we not longer qualified for SSI. Then this month it started up again. However, that does not help what we are out of pocket for last month and could not afford. Now we are deeper in debt than we were starting out and we were just about to get a handle on things. Because we are not allowed to have over so much money to save up or anything. Then we did not know that this was going to run out after six months. Now, we are starting a new year and we are having to pay an extra doctor out of pocket as SSI will not pay for them either. We do have the other two paid off, but still after with this new doctor it is higher. We are not sure what we are going to do when six months roles around and we are told that we no longer qualify and will have to do things on our own when we are barely making it now. My husband works two full time jobs and in this area that just is not enough. It does not help that we are still making payments for taking my son to the first doctor who diagnosed him, we were making bi-weekly trips 350 miles one way when gas was at its highest. After maxing out 4 credit cards we and about to go broke we had to call it quits with that doctor. My question is, is there any other programs out there that may be able to help us as I'm almost in a state of panic at this point to see what one month done to us and here we stand a chance of facing this with six months. There is no way we can do that and take care of my son properly as well. Thanks for any help. I stay so confused with all this stuff. Karla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Hey ! it is income based and if both parents are in the home and working it may be hard to qualify if the child is under 18. SSA.gov has all the details. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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