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| Disability Financial Assistance |
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| The Disability Financial Assistance(DFA) program is designed to give disabled individuals
with little or no income some financial support while they wait for disabilty income(Social Security, SSI, Worker's Compensation, etc...)
to be approved. This program also comes with Medicaid. If you are approved for
this program, you can receive up to $115 per month and you will also receive a
Medicaid card which covers all medical services(as
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| WARNING: This program does not give you cash assistance or medical assistance right away.
It can take up to 4 months or more to be approved. |
WHY??? Before you are approved for this program, you must meet
income and resource guidelines. After you are found income and resource eligible,
we start our County Medical Services(CMS) process wherein
we gather all your medical and employment history information. You will be given medical
forms to have your doctor complete. If you do not have a doctor, we will provide you with a list
of doctors who accept the Medicaid card or have sliding scale fees based
on income. You also need to apply for Social Security Disability. Once all
medical information is received, we send your CMS case to Columbus where a
board of doctors review your medical information(this usually takes at least a month).
When they are finished reviewing your case they:- Approve you for disability then
cash and medical benefits start effective the date of the application(sometimes the medical
can be backdated if you have unpaid medical bills three months prior to your
application date).
- Defer your case and request more medical information then we will
contact you to ask for any more or new medical information you may have.
- Deny
your case and find you ineligible for Disability Assistance. If you are denied, you may request a State Hearing
to appeal the denial.
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| If you have any questions about this program, please contact us. |
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