{"id":471,"date":"2019-10-15T16:32:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T21:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=471"},"modified":"2019-10-15T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T21:32:46","slug":"ssi-proposed-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"SSI proposed changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published in the Republican October 2019<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, in order to retain SSI benefits, a person&nbsp;usually&nbsp;cannot have more than $2000 in their name.&nbsp;The US. House of Representatives&nbsp;is looking to increase that amount with a bill that will raise the limit to $10,000&nbsp;for single&nbsp;recipients&nbsp;and $20,000 for couples. &nbsp;It would also increase of income a person can make. &nbsp;The bill will also repeal penalties for marriage and receiving&nbsp;any kind of assistance from family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people feel that the time has come to update the SSI program that has been the same since 1972. &nbsp;Representative&nbsp;Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said, \u201cThis issue is one that I have heard about directly&nbsp;from autism advocates and families in our district, particularly parents preparing for children with disabilities to&nbsp;transition&nbsp;into adulthood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill updates the old SSI program using common sense logic to help people with disabilities and their families. &nbsp;It will give people more opportunities&nbsp;with access to having more money and more control over their own life. &nbsp;No matter what, no law should dictate our social lives such as getting married. &nbsp;It&nbsp;definitely&nbsp;should not hinder exploring&nbsp;employment opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published in the Republican October 2019 Today, in order to retain SSI benefits, a person&nbsp;usually&nbsp;cannot have more than $2000 in their name.&nbsp;The US. House of Representatives&nbsp;is looking to increase that amount with a bill that will raise the limit to $10,000&nbsp;for single&nbsp;recipients&nbsp;and $20,000 for couples. &nbsp;It would also increase of income a person can make. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}