I call on my expert,
@Lizaable90 for help with this. It's been a while since this was discussed and I'm losing brain cells daily.
My understanding is, in Florida, kids who get the medicaid waiver, cannot receive the $900.00 Social Security check. It's one or the other?
The waiver is not income based but SSD is so Abbie wouldn't qualify due to Hambeast income.
Lizaable90, do the kids ever age out of the waiver?
Thanks for your help!
At this time, Abbie cannot receive SSI (which is all she would be qualified to receive), due to her parents income and assets.
Once she turns 18 years old, A&P can apply for her to receive it. But, here is the biggest issue, A&P will have to make a budget for these funds. They will have to show SSA (or SSA will contact their mortgage company) and take their mortgage payment and divide it by 3. They will take their taxes and do the same. They will do this with all basic power, water, etc… Here is the kicker, Abbie’s $841 (which is the base SSI payment and Florida SSA doesn’t have supplement), they will deduct this from Abbie’s base care. If these amounts (mortgage, power, insurance, etc), once divided and subtracted off, still leave a balance, then that will be deducted from the $841 and could cause Abbie to receive very little or no payment (as the federal government says the parent/guardian, is providing “in kind” monies and we don’t have to support as much).
Example:
House payment: $2300. Abbie’s 1/3: $766.67
Power: $250. Abbie’s 1/3: $83.33
Water: $100. Abbie’s 1/3: $33.33
Insurance: $130 Abbie’s 1/3: $43.33
Food: $600. Abbie’s 1/3: $200.00
Abbie’s Total Spending: $1,126.66
SSI subtraction: $841 = 285.66 (considered “in-kind)
So, the total payment Abbie would be set to receive would only be: $555.34***
(***these are totally fabricated numbers)
Once Abbie is to ever go in residential care, those funds would be immediately stopped..
But, Abbie’s waiver is an adult waiver and would never stop, no matter her parent’s nor her income..’