Social security is primarily a social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others.
| Social Security "Official Website of the U.S. Social Security Administration" | www.ssa.gov/ www.ssa.gov/disability/ |
| Social Security Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST) "helps you find out if you could get benefits that Social Security administers" | https://ssabest.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-finder#benefits&qc=cat_31 |
| Social Security Disability Planner "this planner is about Social Security disability benefits" | www.ssa.gov/dibplan/index.htm#ssi |
| Social Security Disability Apply for Disability Benefits | www.ssa.gov/applyfordisability/ |
| Social Security Medicare Apply for Medicare Benefits | www.ssa.gov/benefits/medicare/ |
| AARP News Article "your unmarried children can receive benefits on your record if they meet certain criteria" | www.aarp.org/work/social-security/info-08-2011/social-security-benefits-for-children.html |