When to apply for disability?

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I’m due February 23, I’m going to be applying for temporary disability. Does anyone know when I need to do that? I live in California.

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California is similar to Nj. At 36 weeks you can begin your maternity leave through disability. There’s a 7 day waiting period for benefits to begin but if you can prove you didn’t get paid at all during those 7days you can send in a paper and basically state your eligible for that weeks pay also and after confirming it with your employer you may receive that first week also.  Anywho, once you go out 36 weeks till delivery. Then you get an additional 6/8 weeks for your actual maternity healing leave time depending on whether you had a c section or vaginal.  Once that time is up, disability then sends paperwork to you for newborn bonding which is an additional 6 weeks off to bond with baby. In NJ both dad and mom qualify for this newborn bonding time the only stipulation is, you both can’t collect on it at the same time BUT  , hubby can collect newborn bonding for the first 6 weeks of your maternity leave while your in regular disability. It leaves you with about 16-18 weeks paid time off from the state disability program. I also found out with my first these disability payments are tax free since you already were taxed over the years while paying the SDI insurance. At the end of the day you got 65% of your wage which is just a couple hundred shy of your taxed monthly income since it is tax free. 
You fill out your disability papers the first day you are out on maternity leave and your doctor fills his portion. My job I let them know 7 days before I was leaving.

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Once you stop working

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My job requires at least a months notice, to set up the initial paperwork. I would suggest reaching out to your Human Resources department to see what they say.

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Here in Indiana, I am required to turn in my short term disability 12 week leave paperwork 30 days prior to my due date.

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I’m in California too and wondering what I’m supposed to do 🧐

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You cant have your dr fill out the disability paperwork until your first day of leave. Then theres a 7 day benefit waiting period, after that you're eligible to start receiving your benefits.

When to apply for disability?

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