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Dear Colleague,

We are excited to announce the release of two new toolkits to help increase awareness of our benefit programs.

School Professionals Toolkit

The Social Security Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Payments for Children: A Guide for School Professionals Toolkit increases awareness about benefits for students, children with disabilities, and foster youth. The toolkit includes information about:

• Eligibility requirements;
• Types of evidence we need from teachers and other school professionals;
• How to apply; and
• Benefits for students in foster care.

Survivors Benefits Toolkit

The Social Security Survivors Benefits Toolkit – A Guide for Organizations increases awareness about benefits for survivors after the loss of a family member. This toolkit includes information about:

• Eligibility requirements;
• Types of evidence we need; and
• How to apply.

We also released YouTube videos about How Social Security Survivors Benefits Work and a personal testimony about how survivors benefits can support families.

Both toolkits include ready-to-go communications, which you can use to help raise awareness, including a sample email blast or newsletter article and social media posts.

Please share these resources with your members, colleagues, affiliates, and other interested parties. If you are interested in having us speak to your clients to learn more about our benefit programs and answer questions, please go to our Ask For A Speaker page.

Sincerely,

Dawn Bystry
Associate Commissioner
Office of Strategic and Digital Communications
OEA.Net.Post@ssa.gov