No comment on the food stamps or medical care---we cannot answer questions about that. But you cannot claim a child who is unrelated to you as your dependent on your tax return unless the child lived with you for the ENTIRE year. And you say you are there some of the time. You cannot get stimulus money for the child if that is what you are thinking. His mother can, though. Even if you claimed the child all you would "get" is a $500 credit for other dependents to lower your own tax bill. You cannot claim her child to file as Head of Household or to get earned income credit. If his mother did not work she cannot get child tax credit or earned income credit, but she can get the stimulus money for herself and her child.
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