New CRS report: Child Welfare: Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Benefits for Children in Foster Care

An estimated 30,000 children receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or other Social Security benefits while in foster care. SSI benefits are available under Title XVI of the Social Security Act for certain children with disabilities if their families have low incomes and minimal assets. Social Security benefits may be paid under Title II of the act to the children of workers who have retired, become disabled, or died.

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