Hello, Ive been on SSDI for a few years now and I have been volunterring the last year in the Human Services Sector. A way of giving back to my community. Now I am ready to make some money at doing this. Not sure where to begin, and concerned about how going back to work will affect some of the very benefits I need still.
In the past as the income goes up the services go down and as we all know sometimes it is devastating. When one is trying to regain self sustainability things can happen so very fast and send you down the veritabel rabbit hile if you will.
At present I have help with rent, food and medical care. All of this is extrememly helpful given a limited income. However, once I begin to work, these services also begin to disappear. I understand why, what I do not understand is how I should go about this so that I do not lose everything at once. I am also concerned that if I do not make enough income to pay for full rent and food and medical insurance that I could fall in a pit so to speak. There was a time in the past when I was working and then got laid off--Thanks to the economic crash!-that I ended up homeless. Not eligible for community services because income I HAD was over income level. It seems unless I land a 45k job I will continue to be on the teeter totter edge of facing disaster again.
The biggest concern is that even with this vlounteer work "test of work ability" as I call it, I have continued to be ill and limited in my consistent work attendance. Sure with volunteer work there is more flexibility, but a paid job is not so flexible.
Dazed and confused about returning to the workforce, Jasmine
