angel1997 said:
What is the name of your state? kentucky
My question is how can a mother draw ssi on a child and receive a child support check of $600 a month? She is also receiving a medical card on the child and the father pays child support and has insurance through his work on the child. How can I get this investagated or can she do this...
The reason I posted what was on the SSI website is because this person is saying the child is receiving SSI. A child cannot receive SSDI. The person went on to say in another reply that the child is receiving $400 per month in SSI benefits. The information I posted does apply to the child. The section that talks about deemed income. That would be the income of the parents of a child on SSI. The reason I know what I am talking about on this is because my 2 1/2 year old son has Down syndrome. Down syndrome is recognized as a disability from birth apon diagnosis according to SSI rules. He has been receiving SSI since birth. My income is deemed to him. Just as the custodial parent's income of the child talked about in the post would be.
I would assume since the person never said, that the child must be disabled in some way. Otherwise it would not be eligable for SSI. But anyway I went ahead and posted the SSI section on children receiving SSI.
WHO IS A "CHILD" FOR SSI?
A person who is neither married nor (as determined by Social Security) head of a household and:
is under age 18; or
is under age 22 and (as determined by Social Security) is a student regularly attending school.
HOW DOES THE SSI DISABILITY PROGRAM WORK FOR A
CHILD?
To be eligible for SSI benefits, a child must be either blind or disabled.
A child may be eligible for SSI benefits based on disability from the date of birth; there is no minimum age requirement.
A child may be eligible for SSI benefits based on disability until attainment of age 18 (see definition of disability for children).
At age 18, we evaluate a person's impairments based on the definition of disability for adults (see definition of disability for adults).
At any age, a person with a visual impairment may be eligible for SSI benefits based on blindness if the impairment meets the definition of blindness (see the discussion of statutory blindness).
WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR A "DISABLED" OR "BLIND"
CHILD?
If under age 18, whether or not married or head of household, the child has a physical or mental condition or conditions that can be medically proven and which result in marked and severe functional limitations; and
The condition(s) must have lasted or be expected to last at least 12 months or end in death; or
If the child is blind, the same definition of blind applies as for adults. See WHAT IS "BLINDNESS" FOR AN ADULT OR CHILD?.
HOW DOES DEEMING WORK FOR A CHILD?
If a child is under age 18, not married, and lives at home with parents who do not receive SSI benefits, we may consider a portion of the parents' income and/or resources as if they were available to the child. We call this deeming.
We make deductions from deemed income for parents and for other children living in the home. After we subtract these deductions, we use the remaining amount to decide if the child meets the SSI income and resource requirements for a monthly benefit.
For more information, see the SSI Spotlight on Deeming Parental Income and Resources.
WHEN DOES DEEMING NOT APPLY?
Deeming stops when a child reaches age 18 or no longer lives with a parent.
Deeming does not apply, and we may pay up to $30 plus the applicable State supplement when:
a disabled child received a reduced SSI benefit while in a medical treatment facility; and
the child is eligible for Medicaid under a State home care plan; and
deeming would otherwise cause ineligibility for SSI benefits.
Also, we do not consider the income of a parent for deeming purposes if the parent receives a Public Income Maintenance (PIM) payment such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and their other income was used to compute the PIM payment.
See SSI AND ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT AND STATE PROGRAMS for information on TANF.
If either child or parent is temporarily absent from the household (less than 60 days), the rules about deemed income still apply.
CAN A CHILD GET MEDICAID?
In most States, a child who gets SSI benefits can get Medicaid to help pay medical bills.
In some cases, a child may be eligible for Medicaid while in an institution, but not be eligible when living at home either because of the parents' income and resources or because of other income.
At the State's option, children under age 18 who need institutional–level care and live at home may keep Medicaid eligibility while getting home care, if that care is less costly to the government.
Even if the child is not eligible for SSI benefits, the child still may be eligible for Medicaid under other State rules. Always check on Medicaid eligibility with the State.
For more information about Medicaid, you can look on the Internet on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services webpage at
http://cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/ or call toll–free, 1–877–267–2323.
In addition, other State services may also be available.
If you have children or grandchildren under age 19 who are not covered by health insurance, there is a Children's Health Insurance Program that may help. To find out more, you can look on the Internet at
http://www.insurekidsnow.gov or call, toll–free, 1–877–KIDS–NOW (1–877–543–7669). The number connects you to your State program.
CHILDREN OF ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL LIVING OVERSEAS
Children living with a parent in the military service overseas may receive SSI benefits, but they are not eligible for Medicaid.
For more information, see the SSI Spotlight on Special SSI Rules for Children of Military Personnel Living Overseas.
WHAT IS A DEDICATED ACCOUNT?
When an eligible child under age 18, who has a representative payee, is eligible for certain large past–due payments covering more than six months of benefits, these payments must be paid directly into a separate account in a financial institution.
We call this separate account a dedicated account because the representative payee, or later the child, may use the funds in this account only for certain expenses, primarily those related to the child's disability. You must maintain the dedicated account separately from any other savings or checking account set up for the child. Each year, we will monitor how you spend the funds in the dedicated account.
For more information, see the SSI Spotlight on Dedicated Accounts for Children.
DEEMING ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
The Deeming Eligibility Chart for Children, see below, gives the highest amount of gross monthly income for this year (before taxes are withheld) that a parent(s) can earn or receive and still have a child qualify for SSI benefits.
Note that we do not count some types of income that a parent may receive. For example, we do not count money received for providing foster care to an ineligible child.
For more information on income, see SSI INCOME.
DEEMING ELIGIBILITY CHART FOR CHILDREN FOR 2005
CAUTION:Before using this chart, see SSI FOR CHILDREN. If there is any doubt about whether a child is eligible, please contact us for help.
Deeming
Eligibility
for Children Gross monthly income BELOW the dollar amounts* shown means a disabled child may be eligible for SSI benefits.
* Amounts given are general guidelines only.
Number of
ineligible
children in
household All income is earned All income is unearned
One parent in
household Two parents in
household One parent in
household Two parents in
household
0 $ 2,441 $ 3,021 $ 1,198 $ 1,488
1 $ 2,731 $ 3,311 $ 1,488 $ 1,778
2 $ 3,021 $ 3,601 $ 1,778 $ 2,068
3 $ 3,311 $ 3,891 $ 2,068 $ 2,358
4 $ 3,601 $ 4,181 $ 2,358 $ 2,648
5 $ 3,891 $ 4,471 $ 2,648 $ 2,938
6 $ 4,181 $ 4,781 $ 2,938 $ 3,228
The Deeming Eligibility Chart for Children does not apply when:
The parent(s) receives both earned income (e.g., wages or net earnings from self–employment) and unearned income (e.g., Social Security benefits, pensions, unemployment compensation, interest income, and State disability).
The parent receives a public income maintenance payment such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or a needs–based pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs. See SSI AND ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT AND STATE PROGRAMS for more information on TANF.
The parent pays court–ordered support payments.
The child has income of his or her own.
Any ineligible child has income of his or her own, marries, or leaves the home.
There is more than one disabled child applying for or receiving SSI benefits.
The State supplements the Federal benefit.
Use the Deeming Eligibility Chart for Children in the following States or territory, which do not supplement the Federal benefit:
Alaska Arkansas Delaware District of Columbia
Florida Georgia Northern Mariana Islands
Indiana Kansas Maryland Mississippi
Missouri Ohio South Carolina Tennessee
Texas Virginia West Virginia