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The Social Security Retirement Planner provides detailed information about your Social Security retirement benefits under current law and points out things you might want to consider as you prepare for retirement.

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America. A dishonest person who has your Social Security number can use it to get other personal information about you. This site provides Information on how to protect your Social Security number, what to do if you think someone is using your number or if an identity thief is creating credit problems for you, and how the Social Security Administration might be able to help you.

This website provides a chart that lists for each birth year the full retirement age and the amount by which the benefit is reduced if taken at age 62 rather than at the full retirement age. The chart also includes examples based on an estimated monthly benefit of $1000 at full retirement age.

The Social Security Administration might be able to help you if you or someone you know is a surivor of domestic violence by providing a new Social Security number. Information is provided on when and how to apply for a new number.

This website provides a wide variety of information on Social Security retirement benefits: discussion of credits needed for benefit eligibility, benefit calculators for estimating benefit levels, questions to ask before applying for benefits, and a guide on how to apply for benefits.

What every kid should know about Social Security. This site provides materials for parents, children, young adults, and teachers to learn about Social Security and what it means for them.

This website provides information about eligiblity for Social Security benefits. It includes details about the receipt of benefits while working, different kinds of earnings and how they are counted towards benefits, maximum taxable earnings, credits needed to be eligible to receive benefits, the windfall elimination provision, the government pension offset, and income tax and Social Security benefits.

What every kid should know about Social Security. This site provides materials for children to learn about Social Security and what it means for them.

This website provides information and guidance for Medicare beneficiaries about Extra Help with prescription drug plan costs. The Extra Help is estimated to be worth about $4,000 per year. To qualify for the Extra Help, a person must be receiving Medicare, have limited resources and income, and reside in one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia.

This website provides Information about Social Security benefits that women should know as brides, new mothers, divorced spouses, caregiver or widows.