Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is designed to provide modest financial assistance to people who cannot work enough to cover their basic needs. But what happens when the system that is supposed to help you demands money back?
Plaintiffs Patrick Kelley and Matthew Reed and their spouses talk about their years-long fight with the state of California to get the home and community-based services they needed to remain at home together.
Venorica, 70, works multiple jobs to support herself and her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Her story is like that of many older women, especially women of color, whose dual roles as family caregivers and breadwinners continue into their 60s and 70s.
