Waukesha Shelter Paves Way for Aid to Needy; Agency Helps Them Apply for, Receive U.S. Benefits

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Waukesha -- Lisa Filerman never thought she would become a statistic: a person with disabilities, unemployed and living on food stamps. Choosing money over medicine. At risk of losing her home.

Well-educated, Filerman was paid $50,000 a year as a respiratory therapist when fierce back pain increasingly imposed on her job performance and then her ability to look after herself. A work injury made matters worse. Filerman lost her job and was diagnosed with degenerative joint disease in her back and fibromyalgia, a complex and chronic condition characterized by widespread pain and fatigue.

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Waukesha Shelter Paves Way for Aid to Needy; Agency Helps Them Apply for, Receive U.S. Benefits

Knowing she was running out of insurance and savings, Filerman applied for federal Social Security disability insurance while she paid utilities with her credit cards and pursued treatment. The federal letter she recei...

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