For each, thereare two sets of eligibility criteria: financial criteriaand medical criteria. For children, the financialcriteria are based on the income and resources ofthe child and the parents who are living in the same household with the child.Randi MandelbaumLLM †...
Supplemental Security Income: SSA Needs a Uniform Standard for Assessing Childhood Disability In 1997, almost 900,000 children received about $5 billion in Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for disabilities. Welfare reform has made eligibility for childhood SSI benefits more restrictive; general...
Under federal law, parents of minor children diagnosed with major mental illness have the option of applying for social security income (SSI) to assist with the child's support. According to federal guidelines, the child must meet criteria for "disability" and "medically determinable impairment"...
The change applies toSupplemental Security Income, or SSI, which provides monthly checks to adults and children who are disabled, blind or age 65 and older, and have little or no income or resources. Approximately7.4 million Americansreceive support either exclusively from SSI or in combination wit...
In 1996, as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation (Welfare Reform) Act, Congress redefined the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) definition of disability for children and removed the individual functional assessment (IFA) step from the disability determination process. ...
Under the new guidelines, a child's impairment or combination of impairments is disabling if it causes marked and severe functional limitations. As many as 135,000 children will lose their disability benefits in this controversial provision of the new law. These strict standards stem from Congress...
Perceived dental needs of children enrolled in Iowa's Medicaid Supplemental Security Income (SSI) health plan. ASDC J Dent Child. 2001;68(3):206-10, 152.Slayton RL, Damiano PC, Willard JC. Perceived dental needs of children enrolled in Iowa's Medicaid Supplemental Security Income (SSI) ...
This study evaluates the effects of plan choice (partially capitated managed care versus fee-for-service) on whether children with disabilities eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and enrolled in the District of Columbia's Medicaid program are in compliance with the guidelines for health...
A study in the Netherlands noted that a low risk of suicide existed in people with a high education level, non-Western immigrant backgrounds, and first-generation immigrants who are married, with children, and receive higher incomes that provide economic stability. The study also noted that urban...