In case you didn’t know, there are many situations where children qualify for social security benefits, including when one or more of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased. See this article in MarketWatch at the Wall Street Journal by Stephen Williams and see if anyone you know might qualify:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/social-security-benefits-for-kids-2014-06-26

The sad thing is a lot of these benefits are being left on the table by nonapplication for them. Many people know about benefits for kids under 18 when a parent is deceased, but the other catagories are not being used to their fullest extent.

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