Cutting Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Hurts Mentally Ill Children – Guest Author

The Bipolar Burble welcomes today’s guest writer, Allison Gamble. She provides resources about psychology degrees.

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Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, is a federal program that supplements income in order to help the elderly and disabled, including those with a mental illness, pay for food, clothing, health care and shelter. Many who receive SSI money are children with diagnosed mental illnesses without any access to health insurance. SSI covers adults with similar conditions.

SSI At Risk

Unfortunately, recent economic proposals force many of these individuals to face reduced SSI funds or a complete cessation of aid. This would mean adequate medical and therapeutic treatment would disappear, income support for their families would be gone, and, all in all, this would represent a huge step backwards for those affected by mental illness.

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