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Program: Social Security Survivors Insurance

Agency: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, UNITED STATES


Resource Number: 17320384
Description
Insurance benefits are paid to certain eligible dependent survivors of covered workers, providing that the worker earned enough Social Security credits while employed. Family member survivors can include a widow or widower ages 60+, 50+ if disabled, or any age if caring for a child under age 16; children if they are unmarried and under age 18, or under age 19 but still in school, or any age if disabled; and parents if the worker was their primary means of support.
There is a special one-time payment of $255 that can be made to a spouse or minor children if the worker earned enough work credits while employed.


Program Phones:
800-772-121324 hr/7 days; Information line - Voice
800-325-0778M-F 7am-7pm; Information line - TTY

Website: www.socialsecurity.gov

Location information
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, UNITED STATES  
Location: 6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21235
(Map)

Site Phones:
800-772-121324 hr/7 days; Information line - Voice
24 hr/7 days; Information line
800-325-0778M-F 7am-7pm; Information line - TTY
800-325-0778TTY
M-F 8am-7pm; Information line

Hours of operation
Site Hours:
National office M-F: 8am-7pm; Automated service after hours available 24/7

Site Hours:

Open:
Closed:
Mon
08:00am
07:00pm
Tue
08:00am
07:00pm
Wed
08:00am
07:00pm
Thu
08:00am
07:00pm
Fri
08:00am
07:00pm



Program Delivery
Eligibility: Individuals that need information on SSA benefits
Application Process: Call or visit website for additional information
Program Fees: No fee
Defined coverage area(s), for the Program offered at selected Site:
United States


Custom fields
FeesNo fee
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Categorized as:
Social Security Survivors Insurance


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