Hello, barleysmile. Have you called county services or your state government to find out what assistance you are entitled to? If you want to live on your own, you may find you are entitled to housing assistance, fuel assistance, food stamps, medical assistance, job retraining, etc. Have you applied for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits?

NAMI may be able to advise and help you: http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Sec...iateFinder.cfm

Good luck.