SSI is a substantial program. It costs the federal government over $50 billion dollars a year to cover nearly 7 million adults and 1.3 million children. To put this in perspective, the federal ...

The Social Security Administration provides financial support to families with children who have disabilities through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. The key to accessing these ...

About a million of America’s most vulnerable children receive money through SSI and, in many states, receiving SSI qualifies them for health insurance under Medicaid. One report estimated that ...

A Florida federal judge reversed the Commissioner of Social Security's decision denying a man his request for child insurance benefits and claims he could not work due to mental health issues ...

Family members who may be eligible to receive a monthly benefit of up to 50% of a disabled worker's benefit include a spouse, divorced spouse, children, and/or an adult child disabled before age 22.

More than 16 million adults and children currently receive disability benefits, but the Social Security Administration isn't saying how many people the new rules would affect. The agency has said ...

A longstanding practice of using a child’s federal survivor and disability benefits to defray the cost of foster care is under scrutiny in Congress and statehouses. James Wood was 14 when his ...

In recent years, DCF withheld about $5.5 million annually, or roughly 90 percent of the survivor and disability benefits intended for foster children who lost a parent or have a disability ...