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.
In several unofficial Social Security benefit resources, the average wait time is estimated to be approximately 90 days before the first monthly SSDI check is issued. You will receive two, possibly three different checks. The first check is your monthly SSDI award. This amount is determined by the length of time you worked in the past and how much you contributed to SSA. The second check is Social Security Disability back pay. The amount that you receive in back pay is determined by the date that you became disabled (for this purpose, disability means the point at which you became unable to work enough to be considered substantial gainful work activity, or SGA, the current 2009 SGA is $980/month.