my kids father became disabled and is married with 3 children of his own and he didnot even mention my 2 by him...so when he applied for ssi he didnot include my children.well child support caught up with him and advised me to go fill out an application for my children too..so i did...i was told in the interview that the benefits was to benefit the livlihood of the children so how much of their money should i give them and what portion should i use for the household? or do all the monetary benefits go straight to the children? because my children feel they should get all the money and not let it help with anything dealing with the household...someone please school me on the way ssi benefits should be used...
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Benefits for minor children through SSI are to be used for the benefit of the minor children.  Not for their latest CD or whatever.  For their food, shelter and basic needs.  You can spend it on whatever you want, but raising kids is not cheap.  If your kids think they should "get" the money directly, then set them up on a budget.  On paper, they get X amount from SSI per child. Take the amount for each, take off a portion for the rent, food, clothes, whatever is left, which won't be much, can be given to them as their allowance or something.  This will also help them understand finances and budgets.  Explain to them that they are not going to get rich off SSI!
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Nice! \nDemocrats all the way baby!!!\n\nRe: Mei-Lin...You have no knowledge of assistance programs if you are going to make the claim that people that receive assistance simply are refusing to work. Taxes fund lots of programs such as social security and Medicare--do you want to take that assistance away from your grandparents? If not why then are so programs people deserving of and others they are not according to you? Are you aware that the large majority of people seeking welfare do not actually get it? In 1996 the nation had a major welfare reform. Welfare is no longer an entitlement program. If people seek welfare and they are able to work they typically receive no cash assistance. These programs are not easily accessable. So, that FAMILY may go without food or housing or heat until that parent can find a job. Is that ok with you? Do you want children going hungry? And, the majority of people receiving welfare are on it short-term, an average of 1-3 years. Also, people receiving welfare overwhelmingly have major life problems. A large percentage of recepients have a history of domestic violence, learning disabilities, mental illnesses...and the list goes on. Thus, these are not parents refusing to work these are parents with significant barriers to healthy life functioning, which includes maintaining employment. There will always be people that need help in any society and if those people do not recieve adequate help it will negatively effect the society. \nSecondly, in your republican mantra you stated that people should get their money back because they work hard. Question...city services among many other things need to be funded do you understand that that requires taxing people? It always seems that conservatives fail to see that taxing is necessary to provide citizens adequate services. You get something in return for the money you pay.
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You would need to contact your local department of health and welfare.  Some states will only consider your income, others consider income for the entire household.  Also, in some states, if you receive child support, they can require you to forfeit that to them for the food stamps (that's how it is in my state).  It all depends on how many people are in the household and the state's guidelines for poverty levels.
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Patricia--if you're disabled and raising two children (not your own?) you should apply for every service your county has to offer you--ie food stamps, medical assistance, care taker supplements or cash aid, if available in your state.  The state will be compelled to collect partial repayment from the father (and mother if these are not your children.)  You won't have to wait for a deadbeat to pay--the state sends you the aid and collects partial repayment.  Your child should also be eligible for benefits off your social security if you haven't been collecting that already.  After you've applied for EVERYTHING your eligible for THEN go to your child support office and give them any information you have on the children's father (and mother).  If you do have an order for support and he is only making partial payments he still owes you that money.  Agencies are reluctant to take people who are 'making an effort' back to court because it encourages those who REALLY are trying to quit.  If he is just gaming the system--demand your case be enforced and he be taken back to court and held in contempt.\n\nGood luck!
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First, know that your childen will be eligible for Stafford Loans regardless of whether they show need or not -- this is why the Unsubsidized Stafford loan was created.  Loan limits for this type of fund are increasing, too, beginning with the 07-08 award year.  \n\nBeyond that, if *you* are applying for loans for your children, you wouldn't want to reduce your income at all! PLUS loans, and most private loans are credit-based; your lender will be looking for halfway decent debt-to-income ratio.  In this sense, hiding your income/assets to make your children federally eligible could hurt you when it comes time to borrow privately.\n\nWhat are colleges looking for?  The same thing that the feds are when you file the FAFSA: income (taxable and untaxed) and assets from both student and parent; in-kind support that the student has received; how many other children are in your household and, of those, how many are currently college undergrads, etc...\n\nWhen it comes to additional information, we're looking for anything *else*.  If a parent appeals on the grounds that their income is X and their assets are Y -- and this is the same information that they provided on the FAFSA -- there isn't much new information there.  \n\nThings I will consider as "special circumstances":\n\n* "I lost my job midway through last tax year and my '05 income isn't indicative of what my 06-07 income will be."\n* "I recently got divorced."\n* "During the last tax year, I had a lot of medical bills that weren't covered by my medical insurance."\n\nThings I *won't* consider in an appeal:\n\n* "My other daughter just got married and I had to pay for a costly wedding for her"\n* "I live in X state where the cost of living is much higher than in Y state where your college is"\n* "I have a lot of debt" (yes, debt is certainly grounds for financial hardship, but if we consider your debt, we'd have to consider everyone else's; when the feds are ready, they'll ask the debt question on the FAFSA -- until then, I can't include it)\n* "I [the parent] am in school myself" (So, you used your kids' college savings for yourself?)\n\nAs for tricks...\n\n::sigh:: No Financial Aid administrator likes to hear that people are seeking out "tricks of the trade" or trying to hide income/assets, so any expert who's willing to give them to you isn't very reputable to begin with.  \n\nThat said, if you're curious to see where you might be hardest hit, the first thing you should do is perform your own EFC calculation to see where the contribution comes from.  A good website for this is www.finaid.org's Calculator page, here: http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml  This page is slightly simplified; if you want to perform the actual calculation by hand, you can go here: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcinformation/attachments/0607EFCFormulaGuideDecFinal.pdf\n\nOnce you do this, look at WHERE your EFC comes from.  Is it assets or income?  Is any of it from the *student*?  Some people don't realize that student income/assets are converted (i.e. held against them/you) at a much higher rate than parent assets/income.  I've had parents ask why their EFC is so high and it turns out that their son had $10,000 in savings bonds, 35% of which was counted towards a single year's EFC. The most well-known "trick," then, is to transfer any student assets into the parents name.  Were these assets in the parents name, only 12% (at most) would be counted towards the EFC.\n\nMost people who fall into the middle class category get burned not by their assets but by their income, because assets are protected (to a point) whereas available income is "counted against you" more more heavily.  There's very little way to hide income, because your school can, at any time, request copies of any information that they
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If you had any children under the age of 18 at the time he died, you should have been receiving benefits for them until they turned 18.  Under Social Security, you have to be of retirement age to benefit from your husband's earning history.  However, depending on his employer, you may be due some benefits, if there was a pension fund of some sort.  It wouldn't hurt to make some inquiries.
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Here are two suggestions which might help.  \n\nGo to your local mental health center and have a social worker become involved in the process.  They often have lawyers who work for free and have almost a 100% success rate.\n\nWrite a letter to your state Senator explaining the details of what has taken place so far.  Many times he will have someone investigate the claim and this tends to speed up the process.\n\nBefore you filed your appeal, you could have asked for a reconsideration which would have taken less time.\n\nI have a friend whose daughter was mentally ill to the point of being in a wheel chair, unable to speak, eat on her own, or respond to other people and they denied her before she finally started receiving SSI.  The system is set up to prevent people who don’t have disabilities from getting SSI and too often people who deserve SSI have to suffer for this.\n\nPS: I know this is hard time for you and your son, but hang in there and when this time has passed, everything will get better..Good Luck.
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For part one if you don't have children it doesn't apply to you. Parents get so much $ per child each year. Kinda like a discount. If you have children you would want to use a different form.\nThe only thing that I know filing status refers to is if you are married or single. So I would suppose that it is saying that you can use this form if you are married or single.\nThe portion about mutual funds....I am not sure, but if you do not have any mutual funds then it doesn't apply to you so you could use that form.
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Great Question, \n\nfirst of all you should file it online, they give better explain for suitaaion, you need to get a pin thought.\nhttp://www.fafsa.ed.gov/\n\nSECTION 2 on fafsa :)\non Questions that asks for seeming if your dependent or not, if your not you will require to input your grandma information, and there is a question is askes are both your parents decreased, which they are so you are INDEPENTED so you don't have to file your grandma information. that means you get to skip section 5 and 7 you lucky person.\n\nsince you would answer yes in one of those question in Section 2,  you have complete the student household size (section 4).\n\nso you would include yourself(1person)\nand other person that helps you paid or buys your food and clothes. so if you grandma helps buys some groceys for both of you or she buys some clothes for you, then you will have to incudel her in. so if she uses her SSI for you then shes included(2 person) else she is not and you should only be report(1person)\n\nbase on how many peopel in yoru household you have tell in your worksheet A question 3 about SSI (thats your SSI benefits). \nso \n-if she not include(1 person)  you only have to report your annaully for that question on WorkSheet A question 3\n-if she is reported (2 person) then you have add both SSI put in there.\n\ni'm thinking your EFC is 0 because if you get more than $18k that your EFC goes up and also you are getting SSI which states that you don't make or get much income or so.\n\nhopes this help and goodluck!\n\nif you still not too sure (if this correct) you can give them a call and they can explain more about your situation\n--------\ni've done about 5 time myself and i do help my cusins whos parents are SSI so i kinda know bout it XD
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First of all, I am sorry to hear you have lost both your parents.  As far as your question is concerned, Social Security does have a survivor benefit.  Now, since you are under 18 that support would go to your guardian to support you. When I say support you, I am referring to feeding you; clothing you; keeping a roof over your head, ect.  If you are in foster care, it would be payable to the state.  If you are living with another relative, it would go to them.  I don't think you would receive benefits after you turn eight teen, because at that point you are an adult and no longer a dependant.  I would try to find out if your parents had a will just incase they had some sort of life insurance that you may be entitled to or estate.  If you live with relatives, I would suggest you sit down with them and ask some questions.  I would not invest in a lawyer until there is good reason to believe something is being held from you that you are entitled to.  Are you sure that your parents actually owned anything tangible of value?  Did they have a house they owned that was sold after their death before foreclosure?\n\nIf you are in foster care, please plan for your future.  Stay in school and try your best to get good grades.  Visit the high school counselor and find out if there are any scholarship programs for students that are in the custody of the state.  It's going to be a tough road for you.  Hang in there. You can rise above it.\n\nTake care :)
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If your family income is less than 200% of the federal poverty level (fpl), they qualify for medicaid.  They would be covered under schip (requires a monthly co-premium) up to 250% of the FPL.\n\nI assume you are already using DSHS Support Enforcement to collect on the child support?\n\nI see at least three options:\na) Reapply to DSHS if your income meets the requirements (<250% of fpl);\nb) Have your husband adopt the children;\nc) Purchase a policy for the children or pay out of pocket for the vist.  And the rash probably deserves a visit asap.
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The check will come in the childs name and a payees name .The SS office worker will screen the person to be  payee.Whoever takes care of the paperwork should mention about the father and ask that great grandmother be payee.In any case the father wouldn't be allowed to spend it cause he has to show that its being used for the child's benefit.Its the childs money\nMy son gets a survivors check and the SS worker screened me \neven though I have custody.It doesn't matter who has custody\nThis is in p.a.
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That's the way SSI is. They count your assets. If you go over the limit, they force you off the program.. It does count against the $2000. asset limit. If your parents or other trustworthy relative are still alive have them buy it for you so that it counts as their property instead of yours with the understanding that they will let you use it when you need it.
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When you pay a babysitter (who is not your spouse, parent of the child, dependent, or one of your children under 19) or a child care center to watch your dependent children who are under 13 because you work or are going to school or are looking for work, then the amount you pay may give you a credit on your tax return called a Child Tax Credit.  If you are married and your spouse doesn't work, then you won't get the credit.\n\nThe amount of credit depends on how many children, how much you paid, your tax liability, and your adjusted gross income.  You definitely don't "get all the money back", but you can get a substantial amount back.  It never hurts to apply for the credit.\n\nOne big thing you need is the name of the care provider, their SSN or EIN (if they are a business), and their address.  You can still file for the credit if they refuse to give you their SSN, but it is much easier if you get their SSN.  Why do you need all of this?  Whatever you tell the IRS you paid the babysitter, the babysitter will have to claim as income on their return.  If their numbers they report to the IRS are different than what you report, the IRS will send out letters asking for the correct number.  It is for this reason that many of my clients refuse to report the payments.  That is unfortunately because regardless if you tell the IRS you paid someone for daycare, it is the responsibility for the baby sitter to claim the income.  Not doing so is fraud.  Tax avoidance on your "first job" is not a good way to start a life.  Besides, depending on other factors in the babysitter's life, their tax burden may be very low.  The income, in some cases, may actually qualify them for so much tax credit that they not only end up not owing the IRS any money, they get money back from the IRS.  Why?  If they have children of their own, the Earned Income Credit can more than offset SE taxes and income taxes.\n\nBottom line is, go ahead and claim the credit.  Make sure your baby sitter knows what you are doing and make sure they know that they may need to claim that income on their own return.  They may not have to file if the amount is small, but that is their concern, not your.\n\nGood luck!
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You are not required to pay support for children that are not your own or your legal responsibility.  You may want to consult a CPA or do file separately (depending on how much he actually owes in child support arrears).  You also, on another note, will want to advise him to begin making payments because he could be liable for a garnishment of his wages up to 25%.  Could your household survive on 25% less in earnings from him?  Best of luck with a difficult situation.
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I have a son with downs and they are automatically approved for social security.  We did it just so that he is in the system if something ever happens to us.  We had a great agent and he told us this.  We did have to give them a copy of his chromosome report and prove he had downs.  So he is approved but our household makes too much money for him to receive anything.  So if I am out of work or something he will get it.
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You don't have to pay child support if you have the children!  He'd probably get you for alimony though!  I know it's a tough situation.  I stay home with our children and I've thought about leaving my husband twice.  It's hard but sometimes you have to bite the bullet and make even more sacrifices to make life better for you and your children.  Your children probably would be upset, but they would eventually get over it.  As they get older, you would be able to better explain the situation.