If you’re disabled and haven’t paid into Social Security yourself, you may still qualify for survivor benefits based on your ...

Each year, members of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) gather to discuss strategies to help America’s bereaved children, teens, and youth. Policymakers in Washington, DC – ...

When a family depends on Social Security Disability Insurance, uncertainty about the future can be stressful. One recent post in the r/SocialSecurity forum highlights this concern: a wife whose ...

When combined, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) can offer a steady stream of ...

Even military families often don’t know what benefits are available to the surviving family of an active-duty service member.

A 40-year-old woman recently learned she does not qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, despite having a long work history before taking time off to raise her children. The reason ...

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A Casper woman was sentenced to nearly two years in prison Thursday for stealing $86,000 in Social Security survivor benefits ...