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Your Family Member May be Eligible to Receive Federal Benefits in Addition to SSI and Medicaid

Social Security

• Does your family member have a parent that is receiving Social Security Retirement benefits, Social Security Disability Benefits, or is deceased? OR...
• Has your family member ever worked for a community employer? OR...
• Is/was your family member married to an individual that received Social Security Retirement benefits, Social Security Disability Benefits or is deceased?

Federal Employment Survivor (Office of Personnel Management)

• Does your family member have a parent that is a retired federal employee? OR...
• Does your family member have a parent that had federal employment and is deceased?

U.S. Railroad Survivor

• Does your family member have a parent that is a retired Railroad worker or worked for the Railroad for more than ten years?
• If yes, has the worker filed for Medicare or is deceased?

Veteran’s Administration (Helpless Child, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Survivor or Pension for Survivor Benefits)

• Does your family member have a parent that served in the Armed Forces?

If yes...

• Did they retire from military service? OR...
• Were they discharged due to a service connected disability? OR...
• Did they serve at least one day during a wartime period? OR...
• Are they enrolled in Tricare or Champ/VA?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, your family member may be eligible for monetary or medical benefits in addition to SSI and Medicaid.

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Additional information and applications:

• Social Security Administration
• Office of Personnel Management
• U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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