Researching moving to texas

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I am new to the board and would appreciate any suggestions ,feedback

on this.I live in California but there is a possibility that I may

move to Texas(Austin area) My son receives SSI and Medi-Cal here and

although I've contacted SSI and they say that it would simply just

transfer his case to a local SSI office wherever we move to I

hesitate to think it could be that smooth of a transistion.I was

also told that CA pays a bit more in benefits but not sure what

amount.Does anyone know how/where I would be able to find out how

SSI is calculated in TX ?

Here in CA we also have a service called In-home services which is

through the dept of aging and they provide financial support to

primary caregivers(parents) that care for their disabled child at

home vs an institution.Here it is based on an hrly rate and they

calculate the amount of time in each day that you perform

certain " duties " for the care of your child that a child their age

w/o a disability would be able to do without help(i.e. self care etc)

dispensing meds,giving supplements,OT,travel to dr or therapies all

of these things are calculated to determine #of hrs a day and for

the month.Sorry this is so long but I've called a few places and

they either didn't understand what I was trying to describe or

refered me to another clueless individual.Does something like this

exist in TX ? Here in CA you qualify if you have been approved for

SSI.

Thanks in advance

Feel free to email me privately if you wish.

Stacey

[Guest guest]

My son used to receive SSI and when we relocated from GA to CA it was a very

simple process...I simply called the 800 number for social security and reported

my new address and any changes to our income. That was it. It really was that

simple.

CA pays more in SSI because of the cost of living. the state supplements that

base amount. in tx they do not.

Stacey wrote:

Hello all,

I am new to the board and would appreciate any suggestions ,feedback

on this.I live in California but there is a possibility that I may

move to Texas(Austin area) My son receives SSI and Medi-Cal here and

although I've contacted SSI and they say that it would simply just

transfer his case to a local SSI office wherever we move to I

hesitate to think it could be that smooth of a transistion.I was

also told that CA pays a bit more in benefits but not sure what

amount.Does anyone know how/where I would be able to find out how

SSI is calculated in TX ?

Here in CA we also have a service called In-home services which is

through the dept of aging and they provide financial support to

primary caregivers(parents) that care for their disabled child at

home vs an institution.Here it is based on an hrly rate and they

calculate the amount of time in each day that you perform

certain " duties " for the care of your child that a child their age

w/o a disability would be able to do without help(i.e. self care etc)

dispensing meds,giving supplements,OT,travel to dr or therapies all

of these things are calculated to determine #of hrs a day and for

the month.Sorry this is so long but I've called a few places and

they either didn't understand what I was trying to describe or

refered me to another clueless individual.Does something like this

exist in TX ? Here in CA you qualify if you have been approved for

SSI.

Thanks in advance

Feel free to email me privately if you wish.

Stacey

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[Guest guest]

Stacey,

Don't know about the whole SSI and Medi-Cal problem. I used to live

in Austin and there is a wonderful treatment center there called

Thoughtful House associated with CARD. I believe it is located on Bee

Caves Rd. They also had funding assistance. It is worth checking

out. http://www.thoughtfulhouse.com/

Hope the info is of some help.

R.

Researching moving to texas

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

> Hello all,

> I am new to the board and would appreciate any suggestions

> ,feedback

> on this.I live in California but there is a possibility that I may

> move to Texas(Austin area) My son receives SSI and Medi-Cal here

> and

> although I've contacted SSI and they say that it would simply just

> transfer his case to a local SSI office wherever we move to I

> hesitate to think it could be that smooth of a transistion.I was

> also told that CA pays a bit more in benefits but not sure what

> amount.Does anyone know how/where I would be able to find out how

> SSI is calculated in TX ?

>

> Here in CA we also have a service called In-home services which is

> through the dept of aging and they provide financial support to

> primary caregivers(parents) that care for their disabled child at

> home vs an institution.Here it is based on an hrly rate and they

> calculate the amount of time in each day that you perform

> certain " duties " for the care of your child that a child their age

> w/o a disability would be able to do without help(i.e. self care etc)

> dispensing meds,giving supplements,OT,travel to dr or therapies

> all

> of these things are calculated to determine #of hrs a day and for

> the month.Sorry this is so long but I've called a few places and

> they either didn't understand what I was trying to describe or

> refered me to another clueless individual.Does something like this

> exist in TX ? Here in CA you qualify if you have been approved for

> SSI.

>

> Thanks in advance

>

> Feel free to email me privately if you wish.

>

> Stacey

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond and share!

I appreciate it so much,I will look into this .See you on the board!

Be well,

Stacey

From: jlopez022@...

Date: 2006/12/03 Sun PM 05:55:51 CST

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: Re: Researching moving to texas

Stacey,

Don't know about the whole SSI and Medi-Cal problem. I used to live

in Austin and there is a wonderful treatment center there called

Thoughtful House associated with CARD. I believe it is located on Bee

Caves Rd. They also had funding assistance. It is worth checking

out. http://www.thoughtfulhouse.com/

Hope the info is of some help.

R.

Researching moving to texas

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

> Hello all,

> I am new to the board and would appreciate any suggestions

> ,feedback

> on this.I live in California but there is a possibility that I may

> move to Texas(Austin area) My son receives SSI and Medi-Cal here

> and

> although I've contacted SSI and they say that it would simply just

> transfer his case to a local SSI office wherever we move to I

> hesitate to think it could be that smooth of a transistion.I was

> also told that CA pays a bit more in benefits but not sure what

> amount.Does anyone know how/where I would be able to find out how

> SSI is calculated in TX ?

>

> Here in CA we also have a service called In-home services which is

> through the dept of aging and they provide financial support to

> primary caregivers(parents) that care for their disabled child at

> home vs an institution.Here it is based on an hrly rate and they

> calculate the amount of time in each day that you perform

> certain " duties " for the care of your child that a child their age

> w/o a disability would be able to do without help(i.e. self care etc)

> dispensing meds,giving supplements,OT,travel to dr or therapies

> all

> of these things are calculated to determine #of hrs a day and for

> the month.Sorry this is so long but I've called a few places and

> they either didn't understand what I was trying to describe or

> refered me to another clueless individual.Does something like this

> exist in TX ? Here in CA you qualify if you have been approved for

> SSI.

>

> Thanks in advance

>

> Feel free to email me privately if you wish.

>

> Stacey

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure if my reponse to you went throught before so I'll try again.I just

wanted to thank you for sharing your experiences with me.I really appreciate it!

Stacey

Date: 2006/12/02 Sat PM 03:34:40 CST

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: Re: Researching moving to texas

My son used to receive SSI and when we relocated from GA to CA it was a very

simple process...I simply called the 800 number for social security and reported

my new address and any changes to our income. That was it. It really was that

simple.

CA pays more in SSI because of the cost of living. the state supplements that

base amount. in tx they do not.

Stacey wrote:

Hello all,

I am new to the board and would appreciate any suggestions ,feedback

on this.I live in California but there is a possibility that I may

move to Texas(Austin area) My son receives SSI and Medi-Cal here and

although I've contacted SSI and they say that it would simply just

transfer his case to a local SSI office wherever we move to I

hesitate to think it could be that smooth of a transistion.I was

also told that CA pays a bit more in benefits but not sure what

amount.Does anyone know how/where I would be able to find out how

SSI is calculated in TX ?

Here in CA we also have a service called In-home services which is

through the dept of aging and they provide financial support to

primary caregivers(parents) that care for their disabled child at

home vs an institution.Here it is based on an hrly rate and they

calculate the amount of time in each day that you perform

certain " duties " for the care of your child that a child their age

w/o a disability would be able to do without help(i.e. self care etc)

dispensing meds,giving supplements,OT,travel to dr or therapies all

of these things are calculated to determine #of hrs a day and for

the month.Sorry this is so long but I've called a few places and

they either didn't understand what I was trying to describe or

refered me to another clueless individual.Does something like this

exist in TX ? Here in CA you qualify if you have been approved for

SSI.

Thanks in advance

Feel free to email me privately if you wish.

Stacey

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