Social Security is usually associated with monthly payments to retirees. However, there is another important facet ofSocial Securitybenefits—providing financial assistance to children. Children may qualify for benefits if a parent is retired, disabled, or deceased. Children who are disabled may be eli...
Under some circumstances, Social Security also benefits stepchildren, adopted children, or grandchildren. To be 100% eligible, children must have: Retired or disabled parents are entitled to social security benefits. One parent deceased after working and paying into Social Security for many years. Be...
The article presents questions and answers related to Social Security benefits for children in the U.S. including the need to review the benefits of children when a parent turns 62, the transfer of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to children, and tax-related issues that must be discussed...
More than half of children who receive Social Security checks have had a parent who worked and paid taxes into the program die, according to the Social Security Administration. Those children may receive up to 75% of the deceased parent's basic benefit. To qualify for survivors' benefits, chi...
children, not nearly as affected by ADHD, as James that had been approved. This didn't make sense to me and hinted that there must be other factors involved when approving someone for social security other than medical fact. So I appealed the decision and started making phone calls and you...
Something for the children SOCIAL SECURITYBy Valrea Thompson
The death of a parent can place financial burdens on the surviving parent who must raise children alone. There may be some help through the Social Security retirement system if the child qualifies for survivors benefits. Nearly 4.4 million children of re
Tip:Social Security For Children HAPPYINHARNED January 24, 2012 Your child is eligible to draw social security if one of his or her parents draw. If it is less than the court ordered amount, the parent would have to pay the extra. The parent drawing SS can also go to court and get ...
Children and Social Security (Book).The article presents information about the book "Children and Social Security," edited by Jonathan Bradshaw. This book contains 13 essays broadly address the consequences of social and economic change for children in industrial countries. The contributions in the ...
Changes governing how child welfare agencies are assigned as representative payees or how they use the Social Security benefits of foster children would require congressional action. For example, Congress could permit or require states that act as representative payees to “pass through” some or all...