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ALMOST 99,000 blind or severely disabled children of parents with little or no income and limited resources are getting almost $10.5 million a month in Federal supplemental security income payments, according to Philip E. Bettendorf, social security district manager in Winchester.

The supplemental security income program makes monthly payments to people in financial need who are blind or disabled or 65 and over. There is no minimum age for payments to people who are blind or disabled. “Depending on the parents’ income and resources, payments can be made to blind or disabled children under 18—or under 21 if they’re in sch

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