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Ombudsman assists woman with missing Social Security benefits, back payment

A building on West Monument Avenue that houses the Dayton-Montgomery County ombudsman's offices. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

A building on West Monument Avenue that houses the Dayton-Montgomery County ombudsman's offices. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
Ideas & Voices
By The Ombudsman Office
Dec 5, 2024
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Editor’s note: The Dayton Ombudsman Office provides weekly columns to the Dayton Daily News to bring awareness to issues it sees. The column was recently moved to the Ideas & Voices section to help readers identify solutions to common problems in their communities.

A woman contacted the Ombudsman for assistance in obtaining her full Social Security Benefits. She was missing $300 per month from her $800 per month benefit. She reported calling the Social Security Administration (SSA) three times in the past four months without getting a resolution. This was not her first incident of a problem with the receipt of her benefits. She did not receive any benefits for three months in the summer of 2022.

The Ombudsman contacted the agency on the woman’s behalf and requested that her record be updated. The $300 per month was reinstated, and she then received almost $1,200 from the missing payments in 2022. The woman was very pleased with the outcome and thankful to have the ongoing problems finally resolved.

FILE - A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. Only about 1 in 8 adults know when they’ll be eligible for full retirement benefits through Social Security, according to a 2023 survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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The Ombudsman Column, a production of the Joint Office of Citizens’ Complaints, summarizes selected problems that citizens have had with government services, schools and nursing homes in the Dayton area. Contact the Ombudsman by writing to us at 11 W. Monument Ave., Suite 606, Dayton 45402, call 937-223- 4613, or by electronic mail at ombudsman@dayton-ombudsman.org.

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