PRESS RELEASE
Attorney General's Office Says Social Security Checks were Mailed Prior to Hurricane Gustav
BATON ROUGE, La. (September 3, 2008) - Thousands of Louisianians may be worried about their
Social
Security checks which are normally received on the 3rd of each month.
Attorney General
Buddy Caldwell says the United Postal Service was proactive and
processed the checks
prior to the storm making landfall.
* USPS delivered Railroad Retirement, Office of Personnel
Management, Veteran's
Administration, Social Security Administration checks Friday & Saturday
for the Gulf
Coast areas from Tallahassee Florida to McAllen Texas.
* On Friday August 29, and Saturday August 30, monthly benefit
checks for
customers in potential Hurricane impacted areas were processed and
delivered. Nearly
400,000 people in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
have received
their Social Security checks rather than on September 3rd, the regularly
scheduled
payment day.
* USPS has procedures in place to help customers reestablish connection with their
lives through the mail. Customers are encouraged to file change of
address cards as soon
as they have relocated. Filing can be done in three ways: on-line, at www.usps.com; in
person at any post office, station or branch; or by phone at 1-800 ASK
USPS
(1-800-275-8777).
* USPS is working closely with the Social Security Administration
and other agencies
to continue disbursing checks that have not been received. Customers are
encouraged to
go to the Social Security website, www.ssa.gov and click on the
Hurricane Gustav link
for more information. |
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