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Life after UPCommunity Mapping

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Define Community Mapping

• Researching your community to see what is available for your child and who can help accomplish goals.

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• What do you already know about the resources for life after UP?

• What do you want to know?

• What did you learn?

• What next?

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Find the Resources in Your Community

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Where and With Whom?

• Live with:• A roommate/s with or without a disability• Alone• Live where:• In the city or the country• In an apartment, trailer, house• Near the bus line• Near family

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What kind of work?

• Fulltime• Part time• Paid• Volunteer• Supports?

• See questionnaire

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Where to play and meet people

• Special Olympics• Therapeutic Recreation• YMCA• Church• Parks and Recreation• Hiking Club

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Where to Contribute to the Community

• Church• Organizations• Task Force for the Disabled• Soup Kitchen• Recycling

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How will you get there?• Bus• Taxi• Bike• Neighbor• Family member• Someone from Church• Walk• Mountain Mobility• Coworker

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Who to ask for help?• Case worker• Section 8 Housing• Vocational Rehabilitation• Family• Friends• Teachers • Church• Minister• Paper

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Let’s Start with $ of Course

• Building a Budget• Earned Income • SSI• Medicaid• Food Stamps

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Earned Income

• How do you figure out how much you can make and not lose benefits?

• How much can you make and still receive SSI? See formula

• How much can You make and still receive Medicaid? $33,568

• What is minimum wage? $7.25 per hour

• Information from The Red Book 2011, Social Security Online

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Food Stamps/ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP)• You may be eligible for food stamps if you work

20 or more hours per week.• For a total income (social security and earned

income) see chart, probably between $16 and $200 if you make less than $1815 per month.

• All are encouraged to apply.• The Department of Social Services in your

county has a formula they use to calculate how much you get. That formula is not readily available to the public in North Carolina.

• See North Dakota sample calculator: ndhealth.gov/dhsfoodstampcalc.asp

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Food Stamps• Deductions are applied to your income. They

may include medical for those who have disabilities, actual amount of rent, renter’s insurance, and utilities.

• You can use food stamps for most foods• You may NOT use food stamps for: tobacco

products, alcoholic beverages, paper products, soap products, or pet food.

• Information from North Carolina Division of Social Services, Food and Nutrition Services: www.ncdhhs.gov/dss/foodstamp/

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Qualifications for Food Stamps

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Let’s Practice Figuring out the Total Income

• 1 . Start with what you think they can earn. How many hours per week are reasonable?

• How much are they likely to make per hour? $7.25 is minimum wage

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Earned Income

• 20 hours per week at 7.25 per hour =$580

• 40 hours per week at 7.25 per hour= $1,160

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Figure the Amount of SSI Allowed

• Use the formula on the sheet from Social Security to figure out the amount of SSI earned with that particular earned income.

Information from Countable Income Formula for Supplemental Security Income Recipients: www.iidc.indiana.edu/disabilitybenefitsandwork/incomeformula.htm

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Earned Income =580.00 Gross Earnings 580.00

General Income exclusion -20 New SSI Payment + 426.50

Earned Income Exclusion -65 Estimated food stamps + 21.00

Countable Earned Income =495 =495

Total Gross Income =1006.50

Divide by 2 =Total Countable Income =247.50

Federal 2011 SSI rate =674.00

Total Countable Income -247.50

Adjusted SSI Payment = 426.50

Example #1Total Gross Income

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Now the budget• Total income is SS+earned income+food stamps• Following are percentages of income recommended

to be spent on each category.• Housing 30% Clothing/Personal Items 10%• Utilities 10% Entertainment 5%• Food 20% Savings/Church 5%• Transportation 15%• Medical 5%

• Adapted from gatherlittlebylittle.com;financialplan.about.com

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Example #1

• Total Gross Income= 1006.50 plus some food stamps

• Housing should be 30%• $1006.50 X .30 = 298.95• So that is the amount this person would

have to spend on rent.

• You can figure out how much money can be allotted for each category

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Category % of Income

Amount for budget

This category includes

Housing 30%

Utilities 10%

Food 20%

Transportation 15%

Medical 5%

EntertainmentClothing/Personal Items

10%10%

Savings/Church 5%

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Example # 2

• Earned Income (40 hours per week at $7.25 minimum wage)= $1,160

• Social Security Income= $136.50• Food Stamps: variable• Total Income: $1,296.50

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Example #1 Budget

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Category % of Income

Amount for budget

This category includes:

Housing 30% 301.95 rentUtilities 10% 100.65 gas, electric, cable,

internetFood 20% 201.30 most foodsTransportation 15% 150.98 *If your child

will not be driving this amount can be reduced

Bus pass, Mountain Mobility

Medical 5% 50.33 $3 copay for medicaid prescriptions and dr. appt.

Entertainment 10% 100.65 Movies, iTunes, dinner out, gifts

Clothing/Personal Items 5%

50.33 Clothes, watch, sheets,Shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, razor, etc.

Savings/Church 5% 50.33

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Example #2 Budget

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Category % of Income

Amount for budget

This category includes:

Housing 30% 388.95 rentUtilities 10% 129.65 gas, electric, cable,

internetFood 20% 259.30 most foodsTransportation 15% 64.83*If your child will

not be driving, this amount can be reduced

Bus pass, Mountain Mobility

Medical 5% 64.83 $3 copay for medicaid prescriptions and dr. appt.

Entertainment 10% 129.95 Movies, iTunes, dinner out, gifts

Clothing/Personal Items 5% 64.83

Clothes, watch, sheets,Shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, razor, etc.

Savings/Church 5% 64.83

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Questions

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What Did You Learn?

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.

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What else do you want to learn?• Jobs?• Housing?• ?

• Homework Assignment: Complete the questionnaire with your child.

• Next meeting: November 20, 2011?

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References• Countable Income Formula. The Red Book 2011.Retrieved from http://www.socialsecurity.gov

• Apply for Food Stamps in a Snap. Retrieved from http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dss/foodstamp/

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Computation Sheet. Retrieved from http://www.ndhealth.gov/dhs/foodstampcalc.asp

• Percentage of income allotted for budget categories. Retrieved from http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com.com;financialplan.about.com

• Countable Income Formula for Social Security Income Recipients. Retrieved from http://www.iidcindiana.edu/disabilitybenefitsandwork/incomeformula.htm