Posts Tagged Ssi Benefits

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY - Davenport, Iowa Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY – Davenport, Iowa Office

    By Mark Owens Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa SOCIAL SECURITY CHALLENGES YOU TO A WORD GAME In 1938 — only a couple of years after Social Security was signed into law — a depression-era, unemployed architect named Alfred Mosher Butts studied the front page of The New Yo...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office

    By Mark Owens Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa NEW TO ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS? Beginning March 1, with few exceptions, all federal benefits, including Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, are to be paid electronically. That’s according to a rule f...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office

    By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office BEWARE OF SCAMS No one wants to fall victim to a scam artist or identity thief. You may think you’re safe simply by not carrying your Social Security card with you and not providing your personal information over the Internet...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office

    By Karen Cole Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa SUMMERTIME’S THE RIGHT TIME FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS When you are away from home, one thing you don’t want to worry about is how you will receive your next monthly Social Security payment. That is why it is important for ever...

  • Social Security Announces 3.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2012

    Cost-of-Living Adjustment is First Since 2009 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 60 million Americans will increase 3.6 percent in 2012, the Social Security Administration has announced. The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begi...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office

    By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office QUESTION AND ANSWER Want to stay informed when there are changes to Social Security? Subscribe to receive automatic email updates on popular Social Security web pages with the click of a buttom. Just visit www.socialsecurity....

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office

    By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS ARE A MUST For years, Social Security has stressed the convenience, security, and safety of getting benefit payments electronically. Soon, direct deposit (or Direct Express) will not only be the be...

  • The Talk The Talk

    By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford It’s a beautiful, sunny day as you head out to the garden with your grandfather. You’re happy to steal a few precious hours with him, and as the two of you settle in and work side by side, you think back to the long afternoons you used to spend a...