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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the rest of this thread -- but I didn't realize children could get disability payments.  I looked it up - and I guess they can if their HHI is below a certain level.  But I don't really understand it because its not like a child can contribute to the HHI.  Interesting and eyeopening article.  And people complain about folks on TANF![/quote]

I think the idea is that the disability money for the children covers costs associated with severe disabilities-therapy, medication, medical equipment and also compensates for parents not able to work b/c they have to care for the child.[/quote]

Okay - that makes sense.  That is not how it was portrayed in this article so I didn't realize it.  This family seemed to be adding it into HHI.  [/quote]

When the twins were born premature, they apparently qualified for disability payments.  As they got older, they no longer qualified for the benefit and those payments stopped.

As far as I can tell, the disability payments that they are receiving is their HHI.[/quote]

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