You get almost $800/month on SSI? Why exactly are you on SSI? Didn't you stay with you grandparents before you moved out? I would try and move back there and get rid of the tanks and save... I mean really save. Move back with your grandparents and make arrangements for rent and utility from your SSI. Pay them like $200 for rent and $150 for food, gas, water, electric, cable/internet. You'll still have about $400-500 month after that. Shut the tank down for year and you should be able to save $2500-$4000/year. I can't imagine living on $30/week. I spend that much almost everyday. Get Job, salesclerk, gas station attendant... ANYTHING TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET. Or better yet, move back and go back to school, trade school. That is one of the best thing you can do. You are not ready to be on your own.