People in group quarters in South Hadley in 2000: 1  1,720 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus) 2  114 people in nursing homes. 3  8 people in homes for the mentally retarded. 4  3 people in religious group quarters. 5  2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters.
It sometimes takes months or even years for Social Security to approve a child for SSI (Supplemental Security Income) disability benefits. When the SSI application is approved, the SSI payments can go back to the month after the month you applied. These months of back payments are called retroactive benefits.
The question of how long it takes to get a decision on a Social Security Disability or SSI benefit claim is not easy to answer, for several reasons. Social Security Disability and SSI cases can be won in as little as 30 days, or take as long as two years for benefits to be awarded. There is simply no way to predict how long a case will take because, unlike other programs (Department of Social Services, for instance), the federal disability program does not have deadlines for applications or appeals.