To: The Florida State House

Victim's Rights

Stop denying benefits to newborn children whose parents are innocent victims of crime

Why is this important?

When citizens are innocent victims of violent acts of crime and they are unmarried, expecting mothers or fathers. The Social Security administration makes it very difficult for these children when they are born to receive their parents benefits. The family is already grieving and this makes the process even more difficult and painful for both those that have to be the caregivers of these children who are now left with just one parent or in some cases no parent and the child who may now not have sufficient support during the first 18 years of his/her life. This is an issue many are faced with now that there is a growing epidemic of gun violence among our youth.