Diana Hess is disabled. Her partner, Steve, is disabled too. Together they are raising four children and have a monthly income of $1,390. Diana and Steve have been together nine years and aren't married because doing so would reduce their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments by $400. Every year they scrape enough money together to buy a sheep for their children in 4H to show at the county fair. Last year's money made from auctioning off their lamb paid for school clothes and propane to heat their home last winter.
Idaho's disabled poor are struggling. According to an Idaho Community Action Network report from November, 2000, of the 17,761 SSI program recipients in Idaho--a …
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