Child Welfare : Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits for Children in Foster Care

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Discusses foster care system, social security and supplemental security income (SSI) benefits available to eligible children, and role and responsibilities of representative payees. Provides data o...

Discusses foster care system, social security and supplemental security income (SSI) benefits available to eligible children, and role and responsibilities of representative payees. Provides data on the use of social security benefits to reimburse States for child welfare, and discusses Supreme Court decision in Washington State Department of Social and Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of Keffeler . Reviews proposals to change the current practice of using SSI and other social security benefits to fund foster care.

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 07-RL-33855 in the 2007 issue.

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