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Eligibility:

To qualify for State Emergency Relief, you must meet a number of requirements. Apply online using MI Bridges. In general, eligibility is based on the number of individuals in your household, your monthly income and your countable cash assets over $50 (except for thoseAPPLYING for burial services). Some assets such as homestead, one vehicle, personal and household goods are excluded.

For the record I have not received a payment for the State of Michigan Department of Human Services for State Emergency Relief.

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They are too damn busy training more Drone pilots and hiring NSA personnel. buying 'hollow point ammo' and building FEMA CAMPS to take care of the people IMO

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Since 1975, SocialSECURITY's general benefit increases have been based on increases in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. We call such increases Cost-Of-Living Adjustments, or COLAs. We determined a 1.7-percent COLA on October 22, 2014. We will announce theNEXT COLA in October 2015. Read More: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/colasummary.html

The point that I'm trying to demonstrate to you Mrs. Pam George is that these same adjustments made to the Social Security Administration budget for the cost of living expnese also applies to Department of Human Services therefore $425.00 is not correct and is in error.

COLA Estimates: Read More: http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/bri.cgi
June 2, 2015
Determination of latest COLA

COLA history

CPI-W data

Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). The CPI-W is determined and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
The COLA (if any) effective for December 2015 will be based on the increase in the third-quarter average CPI-W for 2015 over the average CPI-W for the last base quarter. The last base quarter is the third quarter of 2014, the last year in which a COLA became effective. The average CPI-W for this quarter is 234.242. Compared to this average, the latest CPI-W (see data below) is 1.4 percent lower.

CPI-W for July 2014 through March 2015
Month CPI-W
Jul 2014 234.525
Aug 2014 234.030
Sep 2014 234.170
Oct 2014 233.229
Nov 2014 231.551
Dec 2014 229.909
Jan 2015 228.294
Feb 2015 229.421
Month CPI-W
Mar 2015 231.055
2014 Trustees Report
Annual reports by the Board of Trustees for the Social SECURITY Trust Funds show estimates of future COLAs. Below are estimates based on 3 sets of economic assumptions from the 2014 OASDI Trustees Report, the latest available report.
Effective month Month first payable Low cost Intermediate High cost
Dec. 2015 Jan. 2016 3.0% 2.0% 1.4%
Dec. 2016 Jan. 2017 3.4% 2.2% 1.5%
The Board of Trustees regards the intermediate estimates as their best estimates.

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The State Emergency Relief (SER)PROGRAM provides immediateHELP to individuals and families facing conditions of extreme hardship or for emergencies that threaten health and safety. Through a combination of direct financial assistance and contracts with a network of non-profit organizations such as the Salvation Army and local Community Action Organizations, SER helps low-income households meet emergency needs such as:
Heat & Utilities
HOMERepairs
Relocation Assistance
Home Ownership Services
Burial


The SERPROGRAM is primarily designed to maintain low-income households who are normally able to meet their needs but occasionally need help when unexpected emergency situations arise. The SER program is not an appropriate solution to ongoing or chronic financial difficulties. Read More: http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,4562,7-124-5453_5531-15407--,00.html

JuliaMi2 Loc: Detroit Michigan

Energy Related Assistance

Household
Monthly Income*
One
$1,397
Two
$1,892
Three
$2,387
Four
$2,882
Five
$3,377
Six
$3,872
More than six
For each additional family member add $495 per month
*If your income exceeds the monthly income limit listed above, you do not qualify for energy-related assistance. Read More: http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5453_5531-15410--,00.html

Non-Energy Related Assistance


Household
Monthly Income*
Non-Cash Asset Limit
One
$445
$1,750
Two
$500
$3,000
Three
$625
$3,000
Four
$755
$3,000
Five
$885
$3,000
Six
$1,015
$3,000

*If your income exceeds the above limit, the excess amount becomes your copayment and your responsibility.

Note: These eligibility requirements are for State Emergency Relief services only and do notAPPLY to theWeatherization Assistance Program. Read More: http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5453_5531-15410--,00.html

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Maximum Federal SupplementalSECURITY Income (SSI) payment amounts increase with the cost-of-living increases that apply toSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. The latest such increase, 1.7 percent, becomes effective January 2015.

SSI amounts for 2015
The monthly maximum Federal amounts for 2015 are $733 for an eligible individual, $1,100 for an eligible individual with an eligible spouse, and $367 for an essential person.

In general, monthly amounts for theNEXT year are determined by increasing the unrounded annual amounts for the current year by the COLA effective for January of the next year. The new unrounded amounts are then each divided by 12 and the resulting amounts are rounded down to the next lower multiple of $1.

Calculation details
Recipient Unrounded annual amounts for— Monthly amounts for 2015
2014 2015 a
Eligible individual $8,657.26 $8,804.43 $733
Eligible couple 12,984.44 13,205.18 1,100
Essential person 4,338.55 4,412.31 367
a The unrounded amounts for 2015 equal the unrounded amounts for 2014 increased by 1.7 percent.
PAYMENT REDUCTION
The monthly amount is reduced by subtracting monthly countable income. In the case of an eligible individual with an eligible spouse, the amount payable is further divided equally between the two spouses. Some States supplement SSI benefits. Read More: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/SSI.html

JuliaMi2 Loc: Detroit Michigan

My Argument is since the Federal Government (Social Security Administration) increase the cost of living expense COLA's Index For Social Security Clients: Why don't they increase the cost of living expenses (COLA'S) for clients of Department of Human Services (DHS) In fact, since the cost of living increase then it should also increase the benefits from Department of Human Services such as Food Stamps, Medicaid/Medicare, TANF-Technical Assistance for Needy Families and much more.

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2015 Poverty Guidelines

U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines Used to Determine Financial Eligibility for Certain Federal Programs

[ Federal Register Notice, January 22, 2015 — Full text ]
[ Prior Poverty Guidelines and Federal Register References Since 1982 ]
[ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ]
[ Further Resources on Poverty Measurement, Poverty Lines, and Their History ]
[ Computations for the 2015 Poverty Guidelines ]


The poverty thresholds are the original version of the federal poverty measure. They areUPDATED each year by the Census Bureau. The thresholds are used mainly for statistical purposes — for instance, preparing estimates of the number of Americans in poverty each year. (In other words, all official poverty population figures are calculated using the poverty thresholds, not the guidelines.) Poverty thresholds since 1973 (and for selected earlier years) and weighted average poverty thresholds since 1959 are available on the Census Bureau’s Web site. For an example of how the Census BureauAPPLIES the thresholds to a family’s income to determine its poverty status, see “How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty” on the Census Bureau’s web site. Read More: http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/15poverty.cfm

JuliaMi2 Loc: Detroit Michigan

The United States Social Security Administration collects payroll taxes and uses the money collected to pay Old-Age, Survivors, and DISABILITY INSURANCE benefits. This is done by way of "Trust Funds". There are two trust funds which the Social SECURITY Administration controls: Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and DISABILITY INSURANCE (DI). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Trust_Fund

The "Social SECURITY Trust Fund" comprises two separate funds that hold federal government debt obligations related to what are traditionally thought of as Social Security benefits. The larger of these funds is the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund, which holds in trust special interest-bearing federal government SECURITIES bought with surplus OASI PAYROLL TAXrevenues.[5] The second, smaller fund is the DISABILITY INSURANCE (DI) Trust Fund, which holds in trust more of the special interest-bearing federal government securities, bought with surplus DI payroll tax revenues.[6]

The trust funds are "off-budget" and treated separately in certain ways from other federal spending, and other trust funds of THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. From the U.S. Code:

EXCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY FROM ALL BUDGETS Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13301(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104Stat. 1388-623, provided that: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal DISABILITY INSURANCE Trust Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of - (1) the budget of the United States Government as submitted by the President, (2) the congressional budget, or (3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

The trust funds run surpluses in that the amount paid in by current workers is more than the amount paid out to current beneficiaries. These surpluses are given to the U.S. Treasury (and thus become part of the general federal budget) in exchange for special U.S. government securities, which are deposited into the trust funds. If the trust funds begin running deficits, meaning more in benefits are paid out than contributions paid in, the Social Security Administration is empowered to redeem the securities and use those funds to cover the deficit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Trust_Fund

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Form 1040 consists of two full pages not counting attachments. The first page collects information about the taxpayer(s), dependents, income items, and adjustments to income. The second page calculates the allowable deductions and credits, tax due given the income figure, and applies funds already withheld from wages or estimated payments made towards the tax liability. At the top of the first page is the P**********l e******n campaign fund checkoff, which allows you to designate that THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT give $3 of the tax it receives to the P**********l e******n campaign fund.

Form 1040 has 14 attachments, called "schedules", which may need to be filed depending on the taxpayer. For 2009 and 2010 there was an additional form, Schedule M, due to the "Making Work Pay" provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("the stimulus"):

Schedule A itemizes allowable deductions against income; instead of filling out Schedule A, taxpayers may choose to take a standard deduction of between $6,100 and $12,200 (for tax year 2013), depending on age, filing status, and whether the taxpayer and/or spouse is blind.
Schedule B enumerates interest and/or dividend income, and is required if either interest or dividends received during the tax year exceed $1,500 from all sources or if the filer had certain foreign accounts.
Schedule C lists income and expenses related to self-employment, and is used by sole proprietors.
Schedule D is used to COMPUTE capital gains and losses incurred during the tax year.
Schedule E is used to report income and expenses arising from the rental of real property, royalties, or from pass-through entities (like trusts, estates, partnerships, or S corporations).
Schedule EIC is used to document a taxpayer's eligibility for the Earned Income Credit.
Schedule F is used to report income and expenses related to farming.
Schedule H is used to report taxes owed due to the employment of household help.
Schedule J is used when averaging farm income over a period of three years.
Schedule L (until 2010) was used to figure an increased standard deduction in certain cases.[2]
Schedule M (2009 and 2010) was used to claim the Making Work Pay tax credit (6.2% earned income credit, up to $400).[3]
Schedule R is used to calculate the Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled.
Schedule SE is used to calculate the self-employment tax owed on income from self-employment (such as on a Schedule C or Schedule F, or in a partnership).
Schedule 8812 is used to calculate the Child Tax Credit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_tax_forms

Casualty and Theft Losses: Section 165(c) of the United States Internal Revenue Code limits losses that taxpayers can deduct into three categories: business or trade losses, investment losses, and losses incurred from casualty or theft. A loss incurred by a taxpayer from the sale of the taxpayer's personal residential property is not deductible. Personal residential property losses do not fit under any of the enumerated categories under Internal Revenue Code section 165(c). Furthermore, Income Tax Treasury Regulation section 1.165-9 states that a loss sustained on the sale of residential property purchased or constructed by the taxpayer for use as his personal residence and so used by him up to the time of the sale is not deductible under Internal Revenue Code section 165(a).

However if, prior to the sale of the personal residence, the taxpayer converts the residential property into a rental property, a loss sustained on the sale of the property will be deductible under Internal Revenue Code section 165(c)(2). To calculate the loss on residential property that was converted into a rental, prior to the sale of the property, Treasury Regulation section 1.165-9(2) states that the basis of the property will be the lesser of either the fair market value at the time of conversion or the adjusted basis determined under Treasury Regulation section 1.1011-1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_on_sale_of_residential_property

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A copayment or copay is a fixed payment for a covered service, paid when an individual receives service. In the United States, copayment is a payment defined in an insurance policy and paid by an insured person each time a medical service is accessed. It is technically a form of coinsurance, but is defined differently in health insurance where a coinsurance is a percentage payment after the deductible up to a certain limit. It must be paid before any policy benefit is payable by an INSURANCE COMPANY. Copayments do not usually contribute towards any policy out-of-pocket maxima whereas coinsurance payments do.[1]

Insurance companies use copayments to share health care costs to prevent moral hazard. Though the copay is often a small portion of the actual cost of the medical service, it is meant to prevent people from seeking medical care that may not be necessary (e.g., an infection by the common cold). The underlying philosophy is that with no copay, people will consume much more care than they otherwise would if they were paying for all or some of it. In health systems with prices below the market-clearing level in which waiting lists act as rationing tools,[2] copayment can serve to reduce the welfare cost of such waiting lists.[3]

However, a copay may also discourage people from seeking necessary medical care and higher copays may result in non-use of essential medical services and prescriptions, thus rendering someone who is insured effectively uninsured because they are unable to pay higher copays. Thus, there is a balance to be achieved: a high enough copay to deter unneeded expenses but low enough to not render the insurance useless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copayment

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Welfare fraud is intentional misuse of state welfare systems by withholding information or giving false or inaccurate information.

Contents [hide]
1 In the United States
2 In the United Kingdom
3 In Japan
4 See also
5 References
In the United States[edit]
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that 1.9% total UI payments for 2001 was attributable to fraud or abuse within the UI PROGRAM.[1] The Los Angeles Times reported in 2010 that twenty-four percent of new welfare applications in San Diego County contain some form of fraud which was determined to in fact include all forms of inaccuracy rather than just fraud.[2]

According to the U.S. Department of Labor statistics WEBSITE, based on the 2012 IPIA three-Year average data report, fraud was prevalent in 2.67% of cases.[3] XML and XLS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE data sheets released yearly available at: www.dol.gov/dol/maps/Data.htm

Examples of US welfare fraud include:

A 1977 claim by the executive director of the Illinois Legislative Advisory Committee on Public Aid, that a Chicago woman named Linda Taylor used 14 aliases to obtain $150,000 for medical assistance, cash assistance and bonus cash FOOD STAMPS.[4] She is believed to form the basis of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's "welfare queen", and was sentenced for two to six years.[5]
Dorothy Woods, of the U.S., who claimed 38 non-existent children.[6] She was sentenced to eight years' jail.[5]
Esther Johnson of California, sentenced to four years in state prison in 1979 for "collecting $240,000 for more than 60 fictitious children".[7]
Arlene Otis of Cook County Illinois, indicted on 613 charges of "illegally receiving $150,839 in welfare funds between July 1972 and February 1978."[8] She was sentenced to four years' jail.[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_fraud

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United States Department of Treasury
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
For individuals: IRS toll-free assistance line at 1-800-829-1040.
For businesses: IRS toll-free assistance line at 1-800-829-4933.
Instructions and indexed amounts/limits Read More @ http://www.treasury.gov/connect/Pages/contact-us.aspx

Report Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Suspected S**ms
1-800-359-3898 - Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline
Recent Fraud Alerts.

Treasury Checks - Questions or Issues
General Inquiries Concerning Status of Claims

Call: Toll Free (800) 826-9434
E-mail inquiries to check.claims@fms.treas.gov
Why did I get this check or payment?
To start a claim regarding a lost or stolen check that was issued to you or to get an expired check reissued, call the paying agency (e.g., Social SECURITY, Department of Veterans' Affairs) and report the circumstances. More Contacts @ http://www.treasury.gov/connect/Pages/contact-us.aspx

JuliaMi2 Loc: Detroit Michigan

United States Department of Treasury:
Internal Revenue Services

I believe their is an error on my denial letter for Innocent Spouse Relief because I did in fact file income taxes for the listed years Schedule E 1040 Supplemental Income and Losses my address for the tax periods in question is as follows:

Post Office Box 76203 Washington DC 20013
425 2nd & D St. N.W. Washington DC 20001
1002 E. 7th. St. Los Angeles, California 90021
813 E. 4th Place Los Angeles, Calfornia 90013

In addition, I also have various complaints on file with the United States Post Office in Washington DC and Los Angeles, California where my mail is stolen and various checks are cashed including my refund check from the IRS. Also, my bank Crestar Bank is audited for the alleged fraud involving Direct Deposit of my tax refund and a HUD Refund Check from the purchase of residential property 12824 Longacre Detroit Michigan 48227. Moreover, I applied for a fixed mortgage loan with Crestar Bank and my loan check was stolen and cashed therefore Crestar Bank is audited and merged into SunTrust Bank. I also complained to the internal revenue services that my Lump Sum Distribution from Social Security Administration is stolen and cashed by an unknown third party in fact, social security administration (Headquarters) is audited and closed down in the U.S. Capitol for the alleged fraud. Furthermore, I have various correspondences for the tax periods in question alleging that my Annual Income Tax Statements from Social Security Administration with interest income on the statement is stolen in the U.S. Mail. Despite my continuous complaint of stolen mail I have not been able to recover the stolen checks. Please forward this information to the correct office if this is not the correct office to address my complaint. I should have a tax return filed for each year listed on the Innocent Spouse Relief (Denial) letter filed at the listed addresses above.





Sincerely,
Julia Miller
355 T***h Dr.
Battle Creek, Mi
49037
Cell No. (202) 422-8150
Email: annjm69@gmail.com

JuliaMi2 Loc: Detroit Michigan

Furthermore, for each tax period I requested Direct Deposit to my financial institution (Crestar Bank Alias Suntrust Bank) that house my account.