{"id":989,"date":"2026-01-20T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localresources.info\/2026\/01\/20\/new-social-security-gov-website-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:14:12","slug":"new-social-security-gov-website-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/2026\/01\/20\/new-social-security-gov-website-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources on Social Security Gov Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Social Security Administration website provides direct access to do things like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/prepare\/check-eligibility-for-benefits\">Check eligibility for benefits<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/prepare\/plan-retirement\">Plan for retirement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/apply\">Apply for benefits<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/medicare\/sign-up\">Sign up for Medicare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/apply\/appeal-decision-we-made\">Appeal a decision<\/a>, and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/apply\/check-application-or-appeal-status\">Check application or appeal status<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They offer four portals on their website to accomplish these tasks: there&#8217;s a &#8220;Documents&#8221; portal, a &#8220;Number &amp; Card&#8221; portal, a &#8220;Payment&#8221; portal, and &#8220;Record&#8221; portal. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cincinnati\/files\/2023\/01\/computer_original.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65262\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Through the <strong>Documents portal<\/strong> you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/manage-benefits\/get-benefit-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get a benefit verification letter<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/manage-benefits\/get-tax-form-10991042s\">Get tax forms like 1099s  or 1042s)<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the <strong>Number and Card portal <\/strong>you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/myaccount\/replacement-card.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Replace a social security card<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/ssnumber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Request a social security number for the first time<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/number-card\/report-stolen-number\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report a stolen number<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the <strong>Payment<\/strong> <strong>portal<\/strong> you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/manage-benefits\/update-direct-deposit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Update direct deposit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/manage-benefits\/repay-overpaid-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Repay overpaid benefits<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/manage-benefits\/request-withhold-taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Request to withhold taxes<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/manage-benefits\/view-benefit-payment-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View a benefit payment schedule<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And through the <strong>Record portal<\/strong> you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/personal-record\/update-contact-information\">Update contact information<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/personal-record\/update-incorrect-birthday\">Update an incorrect birthday<\/a>, and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/personal-record\/change-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">change your name<\/a>. You can learn more by <a href=\"https:\/\/ssa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visiting the redesigned site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more social security resources by selecting the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social Security<\/a>\u201d category tab on our <a href=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/resource-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social Service \u201cUtilization Library&#8221;<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYAUDIO-START-   \nYou can find links to the resources mentioned in this episode with the written version of this story on our website at cincinnati, dot, united resource connection, dot, org.\n\nYou\u2019ve been listening to the Cincinnati Social Service News, now available as a podcast on Amazon Music, Audible, Apple Podcasts &amp; iTunes, YouTube, and Spotify. 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They offer four portals on their website to accomplish these tasks: there&#8217;s a &#8220;Documents&#8221; portal, <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/2026\/01\/20\/new-social-security-gov-website-2\/\">Read More<\/a><br \/><img alt='' src='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84e6a10dbe9dd662c04848a4b7918597?s=32&#038;r=g&#038;d=https%3A%2F%2Funitedresourceconnection.org%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F01%2Fcandlesburning-150x150-1.jpg' srcset='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84e6a10dbe9dd662c04848a4b7918597?s=32&#038;r=g&#038;d=https%3A%2F%2Funitedresourceconnection.org%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F01%2Fcandlesburning-150x150-1.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>  Shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localresources.info\/membership-directory\/urcadmin\/profile\">United Resource Connection<\/a>  January 20, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/886"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}