Can I get benefits for my family?

If you are found disabled, and entitled to regular disability benefits and you have minor children, in most cases they will be entitled to a benefit as well.

In order to be entitled to a benefit, your children have to be 18 years of age, or under, not married, and not yet graduated from high school.

If any of your children are under 16, and if your spouse, doesn’t work, or earns under a certain amount of money, your spouse may also be entitled to a benefit.

The SSA generally allows a benefit equal to 50% of your benefit for your family.