{"id":548,"date":"2015-10-05T18:09:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T18:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2023-10-24T11:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:18:36","slug":"blog-few-low-income-children-with-mental-disorders-get-supplemental-security-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/blog\/few-low-income-children-mental-disorders-get-supplemental-security-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Few Low-Income Children With Mental Disorders Get Supplemental Security Income"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s good and bad news when it comes to low-income children with mental disorders in the U.S. getting the benefits they need.<\/p>\n<h2>Low-Income Children with Mental Disorders &#8211; Qualify for SSDI<\/h2>\n<p>The bad news is many of these children don\u2019t receive benefits like <a href=\"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/ssi-lawyer\/\">Supplemental Security Income (SSI)<\/a>. The good news is the number of children with mental disorders applying for these benefits seems to be on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concludes that in 2013, only 2.09 percent of low-income children in the U.S. who suffer from a mental disorder received SSI or other forms of benefits.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, experts point out the number of children with mental disorders applying for these benefits is growing. The 2.09 percent of children who received benefits in 2013 was a significant increase from the 1.88 percent who were considered program beneficiaries in 2004.<\/p>\n<h3>Qualify for SSDI with Mental Disorders<\/h3>\n<p>An article from <a href=\"\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/851261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medscape<\/a> says officials are hopeful the findings used to educate low-income families of children with mental disorders about the benefits they may qualify for. Researchers explain getting this particular message out is especially important because the report showed low-income families are more likely to have children who suffer from serious mental conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding SSI benefits can be a complex process. The Social Security Disability team at Newlin Disability can assist you in your quest for the answers you need. <a href=\"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us today<\/a> to learn more about how we can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s good and bad news when it comes to low-income children with mental disorders in the U.S. getting the benefits they need. Low-Income Children with Mental Disorders &#8211; Qualify for SSDI The bad news is many of these children don\u2019t receive benefits like Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The good news is the number of children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[55,56],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5204,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/5204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}