Social Security and Workers’ Comp Aid Families of Sept. 11th Victims

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2002

What: Press Briefing on new Academy Report:

Social Insurance for Survivors:
Family Benefits from Social Security and Workers’ Compensation

When: 9:30am, Monday, March 11, 2002

Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Topics Include:

Stories From and About New York Families:
– Commissioner Beatrice Disman, New York Region of the Social Security Administration (SSA).

– Chairman Robert R. Snashall, New York State Workers’ Compensation Board.

– New York families receiving benefits (invited).

The Facts Nationwide:
–Virginia Reno, Vice President for Research, National Academy of Social Insurance.

For more information: Call Jill Braunstein or Catherine Hill at (202) 452-8097.