**If I take a job making $9.00 an hour...can I still collect unemployment...meaning the difference? (claim, work)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
ok. thank you for the clarification. I was not aware of some of the items you posted.
Ladies...please understand I have honestly been looking for full-tim work in my field (Human Resources) for 14 months...(even when I was pregnant)...and NOTHING.
As you know, I do have a child. He is 9 months...was born October 2011. When my unemployment runs out...I will have nothing. I have no one to fall back on..no family or friends. I am on my own. I will be evicted. They just evicted a couple across from me in the next apartment....
I'm at a loss here....I truly am.
I'm in the same boat, which is why I have decided to accept $10,000 less than what I was making at my last job because it will be better than $0. And I will just have to work my way back up from there. But the main thing would be I'm able to stay in my APT and pay bills which is the main goal right now.
You can get food stamps, liheap, lifeline phone discount, maybe a low income utility discount for gas/electric if your utility companies offer anything like that.
You can get food stamps, liheap, lifeline phone discount, maybe a low income utility discount for gas/electric if your utility companies offer anything like that.
Not if you have anything in savings, at least not in CA. Just kills me too. If I hadn't found a job before benefits ran out, I would have been living off the savings. Yet CA expects you to deplete the savings before you qualify...so, they want me to get to the abslute WORST place I could be, with no money whatsoever to pay ANY bills, and then they will give me food stamps and other discounts.
I can't speak to what CA does, but in AZ, you had to have less than $2,000 in the bank for a single person with no dependents. I took my surplus and paid off my credit cards knowing in all probability I'd be able to charge them back up. I got my savings to $1,999, and just charge stuff on my credit cards now and make minimum payments.
If it starts to look like it'll take more than my natural life expectancy to pay them off, I'll wait until I'm on SS (not garnishable), file bk, and kiss the debt good bye.
What about for a single man with no kids? Nothing?
Yep. That's the case in Indiana. No medical anyway. Families get priority for section 8 and there are waitlists two years long in many areas. I think you can only get like 3 months of emergency food stamps if you are single. You can't get welfare if you are single and don't have kids.
A relative of mine is pregnant and is having trouble getting on Medicaid. She has no money and no savings.
I can't speak to what CA does, but in AZ, you had to have less than $2,000 in the bank for a single person with no dependents. I took my surplus and paid off my credit cards knowing in all probability I'd be able to charge them back up. I got my savings to $1,999, and just charge stuff on my credit cards now and make minimum payments.
If it starts to look like it'll take more than my natural life expectancy to pay them off, I'll wait until I'm on SS (not garnishable), file bk, and kiss the debt good bye.
It was an option I considered, LOL. Luckily I made it ok on UI until I found something else. It was just frustrating. I looked into it thinking it would help me be able to pay the bills, as the UI did not cover everything. And I was also irritated as, unlike UI, welfare IS paid for by my tax dollars. So I work, pay my taxes, put money in savings, live within my means, and I am rewarded by being penalized for putting money in savings. I can understand if it was a large benefit amount (I would have received something like $30/month anyway) or long term. But darn it, there SHOULD be something that allows a "short term" qualification if you are on UI...especially if it is because of a layoff. I even did that right and didn't quit or get fired!!!! I guess my vent is that I did everything the way I was supposed to, and in order to get $30/month I was required to deplete the savings that was allowing me to make the bills. And I don;t really have any CC debt...paying all of it off usually is about $150/month of my budget as I do not carry balances. So, I was annoyed.
I'm back to work but I don't get a check till 2 weeks at work if I stop calling unemployment to I still get those 2 last checks from them?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
