#ssa

[onlytiktoks]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

[snarp]

Americans receiving Social Security, Medicaid, pensions, and other benefits

are likely to receive a lot of scam calls, letters, and so on from people claiming to be "verifying their information" in the near future. The offices responsible for investigating and stopping this form of fraud are all under threat, and DOGE's existence renders leaks of enrollment information likely.

I recommend warning vulnerable friends and family members about this, and - in the case of those who are especially likely to get confused - possibly checking in once a week or so about "calls from the government".

You'll also want to be looking carefully at bank and credit card statements: have direct deposits been coming in on time, and in the expected amounts? There may be no warning if a deposit is delayed.

[spectral-muse]

this game is fucking awesome

[porterdavis]

[mysterymeat2266]

dumb and dumber

[rainstormriddles]

Simple Skylander Character Art for my Skystones Project (Part 1)

[vixys-aac-hoard]

Hi there!! I have some emoji requests based around ESSAs/SSAs

1. A Border Collie plushie with a vest on that has a patch that says "ESSA"

2. Same, but the patch says "SSA"

3. Fig laying down with a large dog plushie (no specific breed) on top of them, captioned "deep pressure therapy"

If you don't know what ESSA and SSA mean, it stands for "emotional support stuffed animal" and "stuffed service animal" respectively.

bonus silly here is our ESSA

[msachillelaurosfunnels]

Two best friends :D

Polk and Pierce designs belong to @doodle-blight

[solefald]

what happened to @stopscammingartists?? they deleted their entire blog :( i only saw a few notifications where they mentioned something about the website and another post but clicking on them bought up nothing

[open-skies-chronicles]

Some Camo (I keep calling Camo 'Thorn' HELP) and Zap! the quality is so bad but uhhh i digress :)

[mulinga]

Igreja do Nosso Senhor Do Bonfim | Salvador - Bahia

[stimlanders-collection]

Whirlwind stimboard!

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[junkyardisles]

tutorial chapters

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Judd Legum at Popular Information:

On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) enacted a new policy that could impose massive demands on the agency's overburdened network of field offices, according to an internal SSA message obtained by Popular Information. Although the new policy will impact millions annually, it was not publicly announced. "The havoc and destruction they’re causing is no doubt going to break the agency and hurt the public," an SSA source familiar with the new policy said.

Each year, the SSA automatically issues millions of Social Security numbers and cards to non-citizens granted work authorizations as part of an agreement between the SSA and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The agreement, known as Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE), benefits both the work-authorized non-citizens, who receive their cards in the mail as part of the application process, and the government, which does not need to spend time and money processing separate applications for millions of Social Security numbers. In the 2024 fiscal year, there were over 3.24 million initial Employment Authorization Documents approved by USCIS. In the absence of the EBE program, everyone granted work authorization will be required to visit a Social Security field office to obtain a new Social Security number and card.

The SSA message, sent March 19, states that the EBE program for "noncitizens granted work authorization" and "newly naturalized U.S. citizens" has been "temporarily" frozen. It is unknown how long the freeze will be in place or if it will ever be lifted. Even though the EBE program has been in place for years, people with new or pending work authorization applications have not been informed. Although staff was instructed to implement the new policy immediately, there were no public communications about the change. As part of the USCIS work authorization form, applicants are told SSA will issue them a Social Security card upon approval. Currently, people who receive approval for work authorization likely believe that their Social Security number and card are being processed and that the card will soon be in the mail. But this is not happening. Should the freeze remain in place for more than a few days, 60,000 to 75,000 additional people per week will need to visit a field station to obtain a Social Security number, according to the SSA source. The internal SSA message provided no rationale for the change. The SSA has also frozen the EBE program for newly naturalized citizens. Most of those individuals have already been issued a Social Security number. However, the EBE program also allowed newly naturalized citizens to process a name change and update their citizenship status without visiting an SSA field office. (Individuals granted permanent residence status are also covered under the EBE program but were excluded from the freeze.) In response to a request for comment, the SSA press office sent Popular Information the following statement: "We are aware. We are monitoring it closely. And we will provide an update as appropriate." The potential flood of new in-person visits comes as the SSA imposes another change, first reported by Popular Information on Monday, that will require millions of elderly and disabled people to travel to a field office. That policy will require people making new benefit claims to verify their ID through the internet or at a field office. Since the internet is not an option for many elderly or disabled people, the SSA estimates it will require an additional 75,000 to 85,000 in-person visitors per week to SSA's offices to implement the policy. An internal memo describing the impact of the policy, obtained by Popular Information, predicted "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" once the policy went into effect.

Popular Information has a report on a key policy shift that could massively overwhelm Social Security Administration (SSA) offices that are already overwhelmed as it is: the freezing of Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE) issued to non-citizens granted work authorizations.

[onlytiktoks]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/25/social-security-phones-doge-cuts/