HOW MIGHT MY CHILD LOSE WELFARE OR SSI ELIGIBILITY?
Welfare: If your family income or resources change, or if you reach the 5-year time limit on your welfare benefit, your family can become ineligible for NJWF/TANF. SSI: A Disability Determination Services Team made up of a trained disability examiner and a physician or psychologist determines SSI eligibility. To be eligible, your child must have a physical or mental condition(s) that can be medically proven and which results in marked or severe functional limitations; and the condition(s) must have lasted or be expected to last at least 12 months or end in death. If your child has a disability which has a chance of improvement, eligibility will be reviewed once every 3 years to see if her condition has improved; or if your baby receives SSI because of low birth weight, eligibility will be reviewed no later than her first birthday. At either of these times, it may be determined that her condition has improved enough that she no longer qualifies for SSI. Another way SSI eligibility could
