My food benefits abruptly ended on the 31st of October, because my case worker at the time wanted me to prove my liquid assets, and that was only because I tried applying for Medicaid and got denied. I did provide proof, but I guess it just wasn't good enough for her. So I had to do a whole new application for food benefits, which then took two weeks to get a phone interview and to hardly live without much food. I finally got the interview this past Tuesday with a whole new case worker. She wasn't very friendly and wanted to argue with me about the fact that I could have gotten unemployment when I was let go from Walmart. I told her that I did try and was denied for that, but she still wanted to argue. We finally moved on to trying to get my food benefits back and she asked the usual questions. I told her I work at Dollar General, she asked me what the exact date was, but I couldn't think right that minute. She then said that it's showing in her records that I worked at Party City after Walmart, she asked when that was, I told her it was in the middle of September, but it was only for a week or two, because they had me scheduled for one day a week.

She then wanted to argue about that, because I guess Party City didn't communicate with them about me working there until October 15th, that's the day they said I started there. I kept telling her no and I could tell she was getting frustrated with me. I couldn't remember the exact date until after the phone interview, which was from September 22nd to October 3rd, and then I left there to take the job at Dollar General. I'm not sure where she is getting October 15th from at all.

Finally the conversation ended and I felt kind of relieved. I have a problem with anxiety and she really wasn't helping. Made me wish to have my old case worker again, she was nice and made me feel comfortable when talking to her.

I got the forms in the mail today, but it was only three envelopes. One was a voter registration, the other was an employment verification form, and the last one was me getting approved for food benefits and how much I will be getting (which they already put on my bridge card). Didn't make much sense to me, they want me to provide proofs, but they already approved me and gave me the food money, which they didn't do when I first applied back in February. Anyway, the employment verification form was a bit confusing, because she wants me to verify Party City, it actually says that on the top of the form. I have to have them fill it out, but since I don't work there anymore, and it's 45 minutes away, I'm not sure how to have them do that. Shouldn't they want me to verify employment with Dollar General instead? Since that is where I am currently working.

I logged onto the website and they want me to provide proofs on there also. They want me to prove that my checking account is closed, which I sent them a photo of the statement I got from the bank, but they also want me to provide proofs of wages and loss of employment. So I'm just a bit confused. I want to call my case worker, but I really don't want the third degree again.

So what exactly should I do? I will probably call her, since everything is a bit confusing, because they want information from Party City. I only ever got one check from them and I am not sure if they would still have my information in their files.