Food stamps

Posted: Mon, Jun 15 2009, 9:27 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

I live in boro park, and I had a phone recertification a few months ago. it was pretty simple, you mailed back your documents before the appointment date, and at the phone recertification they just confirm everything for example: they confirm your people in household, income, rent.... it only took a few minutes.
but they were running very late. I called them and told them that I can't wait any longer bec I needed to pick up my child from school, so they said I can give them my cell phone number and they can call me back on my cell phone when they are ready. the whole call took about 5 minutes.

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 1:44 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

I live in monsey - get food stamps - ive never had a phone interview and ive never waited longer than 1/2 an hour in the robert pitt office
the lady there is really nice and helpful - she even got us HEAP, when she saw the bill!!!!!

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And the reason for the phone interviews is probaby because they do the following: yoi mail your response with your phone numbers and they claim they didn't get it, and since you didn't recertify theuy close your case, they have done it to many in brooklyn

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: re: food stamps

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Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 6:05 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

If amother has $2000 and you have $200 it doesnt make a difference. If you qualify, you qualify. Maybe she has 10 kids and 10 tuitions and you have 2? . I personally know of someone who had multiple accounts and tons of money and her husband lost his job. They are living off the savings and accounts she was smart enough to create (not like some people who stick all their income into "cash G'machs" so it makes them eligible for all these benfits when in fact if they would open accounts like they should, they would be ineligible)
Now her husbands income is just his unemployment. So they qualify and they have tons of Savings and accounts. So maybe now, you'll understand and youll fell better about the whole situation as you sound very aggravated.

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: re: food stamps

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 6:35 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

That was exactly my point.
Thank you.

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 6:42 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

I was merely responding to the amother who said that if you have multiple accounts, you dont need food stamps. My point was- Did you ever wonder why some of these people dont have multiple accounts?

Just because someone DOES have multiple accounts, that is no reason to say that DONT need food stamps as the amother above said. These people might be legal and on the books opposed to the crooks who "only" have one account and dont.

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 7:05 pm Post subject:

I don't get it. So you are assuming that amother who only has $200 must be hiding cash? Is cheating really that common? Are there not people who actually have so little money who get food stamps?

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 7:22 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

Lets just say this- I take calls for a certain organization which deals with all these social programs. I cannot begin to tell you what is going on out there. I have been personally told that there are Gmachs for the sole purposes of "hiding and depositing money" so that it is not in the bank and can be accounted for. For food stamps, in many states, the law of assests being taken into account has been taken away so thats easy- but for medicaid- every single account you have CD's ,Checking, 401K Life insurance- all these things are taken into account. If the money is underground- then no one is gonna know about it.

The reason I responded to that amother is because she seems to think that if someone has more than one bank account or more than 200 dollars, they shouldnt get food stamps- Well guess what- some but not all of these people have 200 dollars and 1 account for a VERY good reason. And just because someone has 2000 dollars she implied THEY shouldnt be eligible. How does she know???

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 7:30 pm Post subject:

Wasn't she responding to a post where the person said with 2000 dollar savings they didn't qualify, wondering how people had less than that?

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 7:34 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

No she said that "if you have 2000 dollars you dont need, than you dont need food stamps. "
scroll back and youll see it.

Im new here and I have no idea how to quote texts. Sorry!

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 7:37 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

Hey, I don't even have $200 in my account - I don't have enough money to pay my bills - and I still don't qualify! Crying or Very sad

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: re: food stamps

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: re: food stamps

Posted: Wed, Jun 17 2009, 8:46 pm Post subject: re: food stamps

I'm the amother who wrote that I can't qualify because I have over $2,000 in the bank. That is not much, tuition, food, rent, utilities, car payments that all adds up to way more than $2,000. I'm wondering if anyone here in Lakewood is on food stamps and what do they do to get on? I'm not into hiding money or anything like that.

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Posted: Thu, Nov 05 2009, 12:35 am Post subject: re: food stamps

reviving an old thread...
have my first food stamps appt on monday, we can really use it, I am wondering if anyone knows:
How much can you make to get the max amount for a family of 4 in New Jersey. What is the max they will give?
Also, if I miraculously get on, will they give me a card right away?
Can I use it for any food aside for paper goods etc?

Posted: Thu, Nov 05 2009, 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: re: food stamps