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Survivor benefits

Generated from the gc-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

Survivor benefits provide monthly payments to eligible family members of people who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died.

  • Owner record: us/social-security-survivor
  • Jurisdiction code: US
  • Frame: household
  • Review by: 2026-11-12
  • Authority: Social Security Administration
  • Also called: Survivor benefits

Offering 1: cash_support

Survivor benefits provide monthly payments to eligible family members of people who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"checked": null, "intake": "unknown", "type": "unknown"}
  • Amounts (as stated by the owner): []

Conditions:

  • The owner record does not yet state this offering's conditions. Check them with the program.

Access route 1.1

  • Where: Social Security Administration website
  • How: Learn how to apply
  • Url: https://www.ssa.gov/apply?benefits=survivor_adult&age=adult

Access route 1.2

  • Where: Social Security Administration website
  • How: See if you're eligible for Survivor benefits
  • Url: https://www.ssa.gov/survivor/eligibility

Evidence

  • /name: "# Survivor benefits" (source, capture 141ecbf691db9fc0c6a3fb8cda76a4b0d433317045560f7b176e4d9e1ba4687a)
  • /caregiving_effect: "Survivor benefits provide monthly payments to eligible family members of people who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died." (source, capture 141ecbf691db9fc0c6a3fb8cda76a4b0d433317045560f7b176e4d9e1ba4687a)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "Survivor benefits provide monthly payments to eligible family members of people who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died." (source, capture 141ecbf691db9fc0c6a3fb8cda76a4b0d433317045560f7b176e4d9e1ba4687a)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "Learn how to apply" (source, capture 141ecbf691db9fc0c6a3fb8cda76a4b0d433317045560f7b176e4d9e1ba4687a)
  • /offerings/0/access/1: "See if you're eligible for Survivor benefits" (source, capture 141ecbf691db9fc0c6a3fb8cda76a4b0d433317045560f7b176e4d9e1ba4687a)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "An official website of the Social Security Administration" (source, capture 141ecbf691db9fc0c6a3fb8cda76a4b0d433317045560f7b176e4d9e1ba4687a)
  • /offerings/0/access/1: "An official website of the Social Security Administration" (source, capture 141ecbf691db9fc0c6a3fb8cda76a4b0d433317045560f7b176e4d9e1ba4687a)