SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH BENEFITS | SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION - MEDINA

Provides a one time payment of $255 for a surviving spouse or minor children to help meet the burial expenses of a worker who dies with sufficient quarters of coverage. The lump-sum payment is in addition to any monthly survivors insurance benefits that may be due.

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211 Summit

Physical Address

4035 North Jefferson Street, Medina, OH 44256

Hours

Same as site hours.

Voice

(866) 833-2967

TTY | Ticket To Work Help Line

Voice

(866) 613-2774

Toll-Free | Medina Office

Voice

(800) 325-0778

TTY | National 24-Hour Hotline

Voice

(866) 968-7842

Toll-Free | Ticket to Work Help Line

Fax

(833) 950-3399

Voice

(800) 772-1213

Toll-Free | National 24-Hour Hotline

Application process

Call the toll-free number or visit the website for more information.

Fee

No fee.

Eligibility

Benefit can be paid to the surviving spouse if he or she was living with the deceased; or, if living apart, was receiving certain Social Security benefits on the deceased’s record. If there is no surviving spouse, the payment is made to a child who is eligible for benefits on the deceased’s record in the month of death.

Languages

- Many online services available in Spanish at www.segurosocial.gov. - Visit website at www.ssa.gov/pgm/reach.htm for information on free interpretative services available for various languages including: -- Arabic. -- Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). -- Farsi. -- French. -- Greek. -- Haitian Creole. -- Italian. -- Korean. -- Polish. -- Portuguese. -- Russian. -- Spanish. -- Tagalog. -- Ukrainian. -- Vietnamese.

Agency info

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION - MEDINA

Administers Retirement Insurance, Survivors Insurance, Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, special benefits for disabled coal miners, special benefits for persons age 72 and over, and Supplemental Medical Insurance (Medicare) in Medina County.