Questions about food stamps?

Question

My mother, who I live with, recently filed for food stamps and claimed me. I currently DO live with her.
Although, I am moving out of state, without her knowledge; the living situation is not safe for me mentally or physically. I need to keep my moving a secret until the day before because she will flip out and guilt me like she has done for years. Anyway, I am looking into opening a new bank account and it asks for my social security number, will that notify social security/ the food stamp people that I "live out of state" and make it look like my mother claimed me, "fraudulent" Because as I stated, I need my moving to be kept underwraps until the last moment, I do NOT need red flags popping up! Plus her claiming me is legitimate as of now and when she filed so I do not want it to negatively affect her.

Answer 1

A majority of household in 47 states have simplified reporting, eliminates the need to report changes such as someone moving out of the home.



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Previously, households had to report even minor fluctuations in their income and other household circumstances very frequently and were subject to a number of complicated rules. These requirements burdened both states and households, especially working households whose earnings vary frequently.

Simplified reporting was designed to improve food stamp participation rates by reducing these paperwork burdens. Under this option, once a household is certified as eligible for food stamps, it is required to report a change in its circumstances during a six-month period only if the change pushes the household’s income above the Food Stamp Program’s gross income limit of 130 percent of the

federal poverty level. Otherwise the state essentially freezes the household’s benefits for six months

at a time.26 After six months, the state must recertify the household or, if it uses 12-month

certification periods, require the household to submit a short report.



Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia have adopted simplified reporting for a portion of

their participating households, usually the majority of households. Unfortunately, due to an

oversight in the option’s design, states are not allowed to apply simplified reporting to several

categories of households, such as households with only elderly or disabled members and no

earnings, migrant or seasonal farmworker households, and households in which all members are

homeless. For the latter two types of households, states have been allowed to reduce the reporting

requirements.

Page 25 of report

http://www.cbpp.org/files/7-1-08fa.pdf



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also see this report

http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/10-State_Options.pdf

Answer 2

She is doing nothing wrong so you do not need to worry. Do what you have to do lead your life. After you move, within 3 days, notify the government authority that issues the food stamps (Department of Economic Security?) and inform them that you have moved out of state and out of your mother's house. That way, neither of you will get into trouble. She will still receive her food stamps but not yours.

Answer 3

It will be fraudulent if your mother does not report that you moved out whenever you do move out. They do check up on people randomly by SSN's and if they find out you are not there, there will be severe penalties because it is a federal crime. So tell her she must report within 10 days when you leave.

Answer 4

A change in direct deposit data does not generate an alert to the county welfare office. If they find out you no longer live with your mother it won't be due to that. It would be nice though if you alerted county welfare of your new address once you've moved - welfare benefits should only go to those people who qualify.

Answer 5

It's going to. She'll get caught eventually,someone will turn her in.

If she's going to do this, is she immoral? We have enough trouble with freeloaders in

our country as it is. Try to talk her out of it.

Answer 6

she would be fine