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I am trying to get some information for my sister who is not computer savvy and lives in another state. She recently started receiving disability income, both on a monthly basis and a lump sum. The lump sum is for 2 years of back payments from Social Security. She is not allowed to have over $2,000 at the beginning of each month, and has 6 months to spend the lump sum. According to the SS website, they don't care what she spends the lump sum on, but has to keep receipts to prove where it was spent, and can't be spent on anything considered a "resource", also she could even be penalized for "giving it away."
So the question: on the website it mentions possibly setting up some sort of "trust" so that it is available to meet needs not covered by SSI or other programs. Not sure what this means - does anyone have any experience with this? I told her to go talk to the Social Security office and see what they say, but would be interested to hear of anyone's personal experiences with this.
Thank you, there is some helpful info on that site.
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