Q & A
Is it true that Social Security will stop issuing benefit verification letters from the local offices?
Answer: The Social Security Administration recently announced that local Social Security offices would continue to provide benefit verification letters until further notice. Earlier this year, the agency had announced plans to discontinue providing benefit verification letters at the local field office level beginning Oct. 1. Providing services when and where the public needs them remains central to Social Security’s efforts, as does continuing to encourage federal, state and local agencies to take advantage of Social Security’s data exchange programs that can serve customers more efficiently and effectively.
Over the past few years, Social Security has invested in technology that allows most government agencies and many other organizations to verify their clients’ Social Security benefits electronically without requiring them to visit a local Social Security office. Read more…
Source: Oscar Garcia,public affairs specialist with the Social Security Administration, via mysanantonio.com – 8-2-2014
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