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A few hundred a month from the state of Alaska on top of the SSI (only while in AK), plus a rent subsidy (via Alaska Housing — which is basically a quango — which is, in turn, ultimately funded by HUD). That said, I still pay over $600 in rent after that subsidy, and when you add on utilities, phone, internet, etc., I'm left with about $500/mo. for food, hygiene, laundry, clothing, transportation, etc., in a place where the cost of living is something like 23% higher than the national average.
So, basically, by barely scraping by. (Hence why I've asked in the past for ideas of ways to make a few extra bucks, to ease things slightly without sending me over the "welfare cliff.")
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