When a parent dies, children may be eligible for Social Security benefits. But some eligible kids may not be receiving that money.
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz's family relied on Social Security benefits after his father died.Yet many children may not be receiving the benefits for which they are eligible.
Data suggests as many as half of orphaned children in the U.S. are not receiving the Social Security benefits for which they are eligible, according to Joyal Mulheron, founder and executive director at Evermore, a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on improving the lives of bereaved people. 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.
Children may not access the benefits for which they are eligible if they switch to a different guardian, for example, who many not be able to answer all of Social Security's questions, Mulheron said. Families may also fail to access benefits due to immigration issues, missed deadlines or administrative errors with applications, she said.
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