We’re repeatedly working to enhance our understanding of how our applications are serving the general public. This work contains assortment of race and ethnicity information for analysis and statistical functions which helps us decide whether or not we’re equitably serving the general public.

The knowledge candidates and prospects present is voluntary and doesn’t have an effect on selections on profit purposes.

Why does it matter if folks present race and ethnicity information?

When prospects select to offer race and ethnicity info, it lets us know:

• Who our profit funds and applications are serving to and who could also be overlooked.
• What unintended limitations could impression advantages and companies.
• The place to broaden outreach efforts.
• Methods to improve consciousness amongst people and households of eligibility for applications and advantages.

In different phrases, race and ethnicity information might help broaden entry to our applications, which is among the aims in our Fairness Motion Plan. Examples of how we use this info could be discovered on our Racial Fairness Sources web site.

Presently, we acquire race and ethnicity info throughout purposes for brand spanking new or substitute Social Safety quantity (SSN) playing cards. These purposes could be accomplished by our On-line Social Safety Quantity Utility or web Substitute Social Safety Card software, at one among our subject workplaces, or at one among our card facilities.

Quickly, we can even voluntarily acquire this info from mother and father in taking part states through the hospital start registration course of once they request an SSN for his or her new child.

We encourage you to offer your race and ethnicity info throughout your or your baby’s utility for a brand new or substitute SSN card in order that we could higher serve all our present and future prospects.

Tags: Commissioner, Common Info, social safety, Social Safety card

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