Do people need a reason to SAH?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-29-1999
Do people need a reason to SAH?
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Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am

This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-23-2010
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 10:50pm

Well I CAN tell you that she was a driver for a very well-known company and I have heard that they pay quite well.


iVillage Member
Registered: 04-22-2005
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 10:51pm
No thanks. I'll just wait and see why it matters.












iVillage Member
Registered: 04-22-2005
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 10:57pm
You've heard? You mean you don't know what she actually made per year?
In my state, the income requirement for section 8 is a household income that is below 50% of the median local household income (i.e., bottom 25%).












iVillage Member
Registered: 02-23-2010
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 10:57pm
You can see posts 658 and 660 as both posters mentioned lactating women. That is why the question if anyone knows many women who nurse until their children are 5 years old. If not, why shouldn't a man be able to get WIC if there is no woman around? Or is there MIC?
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-22-2009
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 10:57pm

It does not matter.

It seems like you are completely unaware of how the system works.

Woman are only covered while pregnant or lactating.

Children are covered up to age 5.


iVillage Member
Registered: 02-23-2010
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 11:01pm

I have heard from others who have gone there looking for a job and online sites that indicate how much they pay.


Have you ever checked out the income requirements? It is quite high IMO. High enough that one COULD be renting a home without taking section 8.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-23-2010
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 11:03pm
I am well aware of that. The question was about a MAN being covered if he had the children with no mother.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-22-2005
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 11:05pm

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A man *should* be able to get WIC - for his children. Just like a woman is able to get WIC - for her children. The food is for the children (whether via a spoon, a bottle, a breast or a placenta). The last two methods are why "women" is included in the title, because to feed the fetus/infant you have to feed the preggers/lactating mom.

If men were the ones whose bodies supplied nourishment instead of women, it would definitely be called MIC.













iVillage Member
Registered: 08-22-2009
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 11:14pm

A man who qualified financially would receive WIC for his children up to age 5 just like a non breastfeeding woman.

What a family receives is based on the status of those family members who qualify.

A woman would receive WIC for herself while pregnant and breast feeding, if she chooses not to breastfeed then she would no longer receive WIC for herself but would receive it for her children up to age 5.

A man would not receive WIC for himself but receive WIC for his children up to age 5.

Once that child reaches age 5 then the family will no longer receive WIC for that child but if there are other family members that still qualify (either pregnant/breast feeding or under age 5) then they will receive WIC for that person.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-22-2000
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 11:15pm
I used to manage Section 8 housing, and a rent that low is not that unusual. Ours were 1 and 2 bedroom apartments, around 1000-1200 sf. The rent calculation had nothing to do with the size of the housing unit, though. It's strictly based on income, assets and medical expenses. Someone living on social security with a chronic medical condition could pay as low as $10/month, and if they lived on a property where utilities were not included in the rent, they could actually end up with a negative rent payment.

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