Hi,
I'm trying to find out a few answers and don't even know what to search to find out or how to beginning or how to inform of my changes.

If anyone could give their insight or answers to any of the questions it would be GREATLY appreciated ^-^
btw, i live in Texas.

I have been getting SSI for a year and one month now. I've been living with my roomate and we were just making it with the bills, and now food is a problem, and even the bills (rent, phone, and electric) are going half done because I'm not getting enough. (and this is the LOWEST rent anywhere within a 150 mile distance.

1.) can I add my roomate on my ssi, would that help any? And she does have a job, but they are talking about closing it down, so therefore she would be out of a job (because a bigger store came in and took 85% of the buisness). She doesn't have consistant hours but she makes approx 600-800 a month, sometimes as low as 400 a month.

2. Who do i call to inform changes of my disability status? And would crohn's be something I should tell them about? (the reason why i'm on ssi is for a mental disability. but i surely can't work while on all the meds i'm currently on, hence 4 of them knock me out asleep for most of the day. (im' sure it will be a lot better when it goes into remishion).

3. if my roomate is put on my ssi too, would she get medicaid like i do?

4. Is there a way to get food stamps without having to goto the place every month with proof of things? My problem with this is, I was accepted, but I had to get my last work place to send them an paper stating i was no longer working there, and then come back in with proof of things from my landlord and bills and income and such. But I have no ride to get these things done. And my ex workplace is a small family owned buisness so even when i begged and pestered them to fax the info over to the food stamp lady they said they would, but never got around to it. and it got to where they were like "you need to call this number and ask them to fax it over" and i called and called and called for repeatedly over the period of time I had to get it there (i think it was a week). But I have no way to do this every month. Especially since i couldn't even get it done once. And it's not like i know people who can take me, nor do i have money to pay for the gas every time i need a ride, and no one wants to wait around, or drive. Is there anyway i could get around this a diffrent way?
Thanks!

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