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Going homeless, how do I cope?
I am 20 years old and my family has been struggling since I was around 17-18. It's been such a struggle I HAD to drop out of school and pursue a job. I am 20 now, my life is STILL on hold. I am currently unemployed. no GED, highschool diploma. I have nothing. I can't find a job. My mother is bed ridden, we cant get her on disability because she would of had to work 5 years straight out of the past 10 years. Her name wasn't on the payroll when she worked at a funeral home, it was in her ex husbands name, they worked together. So it looks like she's been unemployed the past 10 years. I'm irritated by this, she's had multiple cancers, she has HIGH, HIGH at risk blood pressure, thyroid problems from the thyroid cancer , a car accident 2 years ago is what really messed her up, she can barely stand let alone sit up without feeling immense pain. She is physically un able to work and the government won't help us. I'm confused on what to do. we are SO close to being evicted all we have is 100 bucks left in the bank, I don't understand there's people with MORE, than we have who are on assistance, there are people with LESS problems who are on assistance. We need help. I don't know what to do. I really don't want to see my mother most of all go homeless. If we do she WILL die. she will. She's only 38. How do I cope with this? How do I live on the street? How do I get us back up on our feet?
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Hello there,
I am sorry to hear about all you two are going through. Dealing with SSI is a terrible experience for people that actually need it. I have a neighbor who is physically VERY badly off, and has had a hard time getting help, where there is someone else in town who has a "bad back" and got right one, or so it seems.
What I have learned, is that if you don't have a lawyer, you need one. There is no dealing with SSI without a lawyer... to do so, is to invite stress into your life.
The other thing I noticed was: Anybody who really needs it will be denied the first time around, it seems to me, so don't give up hope.
I don't know where you live, so I can't do much in the way of research on your situation to help you find people who might be close to you that could help, so I am going to ask you to do me a favor: Send me some more information on your location in an e-mail titled: "Disability help" and I will do what I can to help you find local help.
In the mean time, open your phone book and head to the attorney pages. Thumb through and find a few that deal with SSI/disability claims... then just pick up the phone and tell them what you wrote here. These people make a career out of getting people on disability... some make that living getting people with no disability... paid for life. You, on the other hand, have a situation that has a mountain of physical proof and documentation from doctors that should make this a cake walk for any of them.
Don't give up hope!
Russell...
My e-mail address is: DangerNerd@gmail.com if you would like some help finding other sources of help near you.
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