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Publications About Social Security

• Changes to the Program Operations Manual System (Elder Council Blog – 5/9/18)
  On April 30, 2018, the Social Security Administration released many new changes to the Program Operations Manual System (POMS). These changes are important and could impact how you advise clients who need to apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, clients who currently have a special needs trust or clients who are contemplating special needs planning. 
• How SSA Can Improve the Representative Payee Program to Protect Vulnerable Seniors (Justice In Aging – June 2016)
  This is the final paper in a series of issue briefs and fact sheets that address the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Representative Payee Program. 
• How do I apply for a new or replacement Social Security number card? (SSA: FAQ – 6/26/18)
  You can get an original Social Security card or a replacement card if yours is lost or stolen. There is no charge for a Social Security card. This service is free.
• Information About Your One-Time Payment Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
  The economic recovery bill signed into law by President Obama in February 2009 provides for a one-time payment of $250 to Social Security beneficiaries.  
• Improving Social Security’s Representative Payee Program 
  The result of more than two years of work, the report provides short-term recommendations to the Social Security Administration (SSA) to strengthen the administrative processes for the program and establish a more manageable monitoring role. 
• Online Social Security Handbook (SSA)
  Your basic guide to the Social Security Programs
• Social Security’s Representative Payee Program Basics (Justice In Aging)
  Currently there are over ten million older adults who rely exclusively on Social Security benefits as their primary source of income.  To protect seniors from financial exploitation or interruption in their benefits, it is vital that advocates and caregivers are aware of key issues affecting the way the Social Security Administration administers payments to beneficiaries.  
• Social Security Retirement Benefits: A Timing Model for Working Families (NAELA – September 2018)
  With more than 61 million individuals receiving Social Security benefits, one out of every four American families receives monthly cash payments from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
• What Every Woman Should Know About Social Security (SSA – June 2017)
  Women may work inside or outside the home, be mothers, caregivers of family members, wives, divorced, widowers or self-employed. Learn about retirement, disability, widows’ and other Social Security benefits how Social Security may be able to help victims of domestic violence.