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In order to be eligible to receive SSI benefits, individuals must prove the following:[5]They are 65+ years of age or blind or disabled; andThey legally reside in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia or Northern Mariana Islands, are the child of military parents assigned to permanent duty outside of the US, or are a student (certain restrictions apply) temporarily abroad; andThey have income and resources within certain limits (see subsections); andThey have applied for the benefits.An individual may be ineligible if he or she is a resident of a public institution from the first day of a month through the last day of that month,[6]fails to apply for all other benefits for which they may be eligible (including Social Security benefits), has an unsatisfied warrant or violates parole conditions, fails to give SSA permission to contact any financial institution for financial records, or is outside the US for thirty consecutive days (with some exclusions).[5]Numerous restrictions have been placed on who is eligible for the benefit, which is considered a welfare benefit. However, unlike social security benefits (Title II), earned work credits are not a requirement for SSI.[7]If insured for disability and not currently receiving benefits, an applicant for SSI also applies for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB), and the standard by which applicants are judged to be disabled is virtually the same for SSI and DIB.The decision as to whether an individual is disabled is made by the various state Disability Determination Services (DDS), which contract with the federal government. Although the DDS's are state agencies, they follow federal rules. This arrangement arose from the inception of OASDI, when some key members of Congress considered the Social Security Disability program should be administered employing federalism, fearing expansion of the federal government.

When I worked for NYS Department of Social Services, every applicant was informed of the following:Lottery winningsLawsuit awards/ winningsInheritanceswould be recouped to repay the amount of aid received. Each applicant signed that acknowledgement on the application.I did not work in Social Security or Disability.I believe disability is exempt, but I could be wrong.BTW, while signing that acknowledgement, almost every applicant would express, "I wish!" We'd all agree that it would be amazing if that were to happen.Hope this is helpful.

Hundreds of thousands of New Yorker's can't get through to unemployment and are in danger of running out of food money. Why can't NY state fix their unemployment website?Its worse then that. Hundreds of thousands of people are getting hanged up on, listening to endless recordings and then getting hanged up on, and only the lucky speak to a claims representative.In my own case I called and called and called thousands of times over a three day period. I finally got through to an automated voice, answered some questions and then was told I had to call back to speak to a claims representative.I have been calling all day every day since Monday (today is Saturday) from 8 AM to 7 PM. I either get a busy signal or a long message that says it will transfer me to a claims representative and then another a message that says all claims representative are busy and then it promptly hangs up on me.Today is Saturday. Telephone lines opened at 7:30 AM. I am now using an auto-dialer to call. Less then two hours later I have called 168 times with the same results.The website is not much better. You start filling out one page, click next and it kicks you off. Rinse and repeat. If you start on the phone you cant log in to your account and finish on the website despite your information being in the website.Pronouncements of “the system is overwhelmed what can we do?” fall on deaf ears with me. Its 2020 for goodness sake. Call go-daddy and have them fix your website. Call Amazon (that probably does more business over the web in an hour then there are people in NY state) and find out how they do it. Hell, call Google if you have to. Do something though, this has been going on for weeks now.Let me be clear, this is not just a new problem brought on because of the Pandemic.State officials admitted as recently as last summer that there were problems with the technology used for such applications, describing New York’s unemployment-insurance systems as relics from the heyday of mainframe computers.The software programs that run the systems were “written in the 1970s and 1980s and remain constrained by the technology of that era,” officials wrote.He Needs Jobless Benefits. He Was Told to Find a Fax Machine.I wish NY government officials would just stop blaming it solely on the Pandemic and be honest. The bottom line is NY state is using 40- 50 year old technology and they knew this long before the pandemic. In the 1980’s we were using typewriters and carbon paper. NY state apparently still is.New Yorkers Have Been Trying to Call for Unemployment for Weeks. Now They’re Running Out of Money.Cuomo Apologizes for Crashing Unemployment Site;New York Unemployment Office Adds Over 700 Staffers, but Ex-Workers Still Struggle to FileI am one of the lucky ones. I can live with out it. But if you read some of these stories HELP US - NYS Unemployment Issues it will break your heart. Single mom with children with disabilities. Family of four living paycheck to paycheck worried about food. The horror stories go on and on.People cant pay their bills, people cant buy food, all through no fault of their own and all because a system that they pay into that is supposed to be a safety net doesn't work in the highest taxed state in the Union.I was in the military for 20 years. I have friends all over the country and none of them are having two and three weeks of calling to get through to their unemployment offices. Why are the people in my home town so different then the people that live in Georgia when we pay so much more in taxes?Whats most maddening though is what they have done to address the problem. Instead of looking for high tech help they just hired more people. The solution in the minds of the NY state government is instead of having to wait 3 months now people will only have to wait two. Yippee. They get to keep the antiquated labor intensive system going by throwing a temporary band aid on it.There are easy quick fixes to alleviate some of the problems but all we are getting from Albany is “I am sorry” and press conferences of Cuomo and his brother sharing bro love.Dear NYS Labor Department: 3 simple ideas from unemployed people who can’t reach you (Dear NYS Labor Department: 3 simple ideas from unemployed people who can’t reach you)1: Allow them to leave a name and number for someone to return a call in the order it was received. The current phone system tells people to call back later and hangs up.That means there is no orderly line. People who have not been able to file a claim for two weeks have the same chance of getting through as someone who laid off yesterday and it keeps the phone lines jammed.2: People who file online should be able to finish their applications online. The current system requires most people who file online to still call a representative to finish the claim.3: Allow people to download an application, fill it out and upload it or mail it in.I have heard hundreds of people say the same thing on social media but it just doesn't seem to filter up to the people making six figures in Albany. The only thing they say is, “I’m sorry”Commissioner Roberta ReardonNo, your not sorry. If you were actually sorry you would implement changes to the way you do business.—————-In the time it has taken me to write this I am up to 278 calls. Mental health break needed and my phone needs to be charged. The frustration in my answer is not about me. Its about those hundreds of thousands of NY’ers that are wondering how they will feed there family next week.To all those struggling with paying bills and are worried about feeding their family my heart goes out to you.Edit to add: On April 6th the state of NY issued a press release stating that they have contacted Google for help and that a new interface should be available soon.Whodathunkit?2nd Edited to add: It is now 7 weeks and I just spoke to a claims representative yesterday. Is this 2020 or 1970?