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What is Social Security Missouri?

The Social Security Administration shortened as SSA, is an independent organization of federal government of the United States that is responsible for the administration of the social security program, under which several Benefits are granted to the retired, disabled persons. Its headquarters is located in Woodlawn, Maryland, United States. In order to regulate and monitor the activities of the social security act, a board called Social Security Board (SSB) was formed on August 14, 1935. On October 14, 1936 the security board's first office was started in Austin, Texas. Its first customer, Ida May Fuller, a retired employee was served with monthly benefit of about US$22.54. In 1946, its name was changed from SSB to Social Security Administration (SSA).

SSA or the Social Security Administration provides Social Welfare services such as insurance and other coverages to the people who have a disability, retired officials, kids, workers and their family members like Children and spouses. About more than 54 million residents of the United States were delivered with Social Security Benefits of worth US$712 billion in 2010. These benefits are granted by SSA only to the qualifying Citizens of America who pay taxes on their earnings.

SSA promotes another welfare program called Supplemental Security Income (SSI) that provides financial support to children and individuals who have low income and are suffering from ailments. Additionally, SSA also provides services such as Social Security Number Verification Service etc to the business organizations.

The Social Security Administration's operational network spans to the provinces of the United States in the form of its 1400 offices diversified into 8 processing units, 1300 field offices etc and regional offices. The agency has an employment base of about 65,000 people and recorded a Budget of worth $736.1 billion in 2011.

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