Social Security Benefits Previously Withheld from Foster Children in Massachusetts Returned by DCF
Boston, Massachusetts has recently made significant changes to the way it handles Social Security benefits for foster children, in a move that has been praised by child welfare advocates. The Children’s League of Massachusetts Executive Director, Rachel Gwaltney, expressed relief that the state has ceased withholding survivor benefits from foster children, considering the funds rightly belonged to the beneficiaries. Effective January 1st, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) halted the practice of withholding survivor …