Arkansas SSA staffing hits 59-year low, impacting beneficiaries

ARKANSAS (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas’ Social Security Services at risk as SSA field office staffing hits 59-year low.

According to a release, members of Congress met with representatives of AFGE Council 220, the union representing more than 25,000 front-line Social Security employees nationwide, to discuss the growing crisis inside the SSA.

The administration’s public claims that it has no plans to close Social Security field offices, newly released workforce data shows a more troubling picture: community-based services are being eroded due to steep staffing losses, according to the release…

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