Can a person on disability get food stamps?

California rules often differ and leave out lots more people, but in most states food stamps are one of the few benefits available to anyone financially eligible, including people with disabilities.

She would not be disqualified because she gets disability, but depending on the amount of disability she gets and amount of her shelter costs, she may not be eligible. A friend of mine gets SSI of 674 a month. He stays with a friend and only has to pay the cable television bill and provide his own food and medications. He only gets $30 a month in food stamp benefits.

In California a one person household must have Gross income of less than $1174 a month or net income of less than $903 a month. The maximum allotment for one person is $200 a month and how much she gets would be determined by her income and shelter costs (rent and utilities).

Someone has given her incorrect information. A single person with no children is limited to the amount of time they can get food stamps, but that regulation does NOT take into consideration people who are receiving SSDI, SSI or are over age 60.

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Can a person on disability get food stamps?

My aunt lives in CA, she says she can't because she is single with no children. Couldn't seem to tell me where she got this info though.She could use it, if she could get it

she would have to have very minimal assets & $900 per month or less of income (disability or otherwise) in most states

I am on disability & in AL.. I am not eligible for food stamps (my rent is $500... relative to example below me)

a friend of mine in MO gets $1300 per month, has no assets (not even a cheap car), and also has a medicaid spend-down of $580 per month.... she was approved for $35 in food stamps but only after an appeal when she was denied

a friend of mine in MA gets $1800 per month on SSD, has minimal assets & gets $200 per month in food stamps... according to her it is because the give her "an allowance" for the fact that her rent is 50% of her SSD (there is no such provision in either AL or MO)

Each state is different

I live in CA. Your aunt is right, in Ca. you aren't able to receive food stamps.

You can call a social services office here, to double check.

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If you go to myfoodstamp.org it states "SSI/SSP Recipients: In the State of California, people who receive SSI/SSP are not eligible for food stamps because the benefit amount already includes money for food."

Eligibility for food stamps usually depends on your income and assets. If you're single and you have no money or assets, then I'd think you probably would qualify.

She needs to apply & they will send her a letter explaining to her the reasons for the denial of food stamp aid. She should NEVER listen to what others tell her or what the person on the phone says. Too many of our workers are unpaid volunteers or court ordered to help out in the public sectors.

Tell your Aunt to get down to her local office ASAP & apply in person.

She needs to bring a photo id

her social security card & an award letter (if she has one).

Even if she only has an ID, she should go & apply & they rep will tell her what else she needs during the intake interview. Unless your Aunt has signed a waiver for retrieval of funds, she most likely will quality for some type of aid.

I'm a California who signed a Waiver @ my local Welfare Office prior to getting approval from the SSA on my physical disability case. The state wants to recoup their losses & they took almost my entire 1st "big check" after it took almost 5 years to approve my case & my state paid me a small amount each month from GR (General Relief) as a single adult with no dependents & no assets who was deemed unable to work in the volunteer work program of the state welfare offices.

Tell your Aunt to explore & exploit each & every possible venue in order to keep herself off the streets & out of the homeless shelters. She may have to fight for her rights...but she can get food stamps if she qualifies & finds her way to the front of the pack.

We have different types of disability programs in Cali & they aren't all for the person who has children.

We used to call them GR, but they may have a different title in 2011. We call food stamps something else too.

We have CalFresh & SNAP.

Check out the articles @ http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/foodstamps

http://www.foodstampguide.org/

http://www.myfoodstamps.org/

It is state administrated and each state has different rules along with income/asset limitations. One of the problems is, in spite of obvious inflation, the standards are not likely to change much. They are primarily based on COLA calculations.

COLA (Cost Of Living Allowance) is suppose to reflect inflation. Unfortunately it isn't based on this years, or last years real inflation index. It is based on historic prices. So in order to get cost of living increases, prices must exceed pre-deflationary prices set in 2008.

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