Death of a Parent
The participant may be eligible for other types of benefits when deprivation is due to the death of a parent.
Complete
absent parent screens on deceased legal parents and natural (biological) parents.
When deprivation is due to the death of a parent, the death must be verified.
Request the PI provide verification of the death of the absent parent. Assist the PI to obtain verification. (See
Providing Verification) The PI is responsible for any fees required to obtain the needed documents.
Documents that may verify the death of a parent may include, but are not limited to, the following:
●A letter from an out-of-state vital statistics agency
●Burial Payment records
●Death Certificate
●Hospital records
●In Memoriam card
●Indian census records
●Institutional records
●Insurance Company records
●Minister statement
●Newspaper obituaries
●Police records
●Public Benefits records
●Receipt of benefits being received based on a deceased parent, such as SSA or VA
●Signed funeral director's statement
●VA or military service records