OPM revives form proving kids qualify for fed benefits
Published Date: 3/27/2025
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Summary
The Office of Personnel Management is bringing back a form that helps prove if a child depends on someone for benefits. This affects federal employees and their families who need to show child dependency for retirement or benefits. You can share your thoughts on this by May 27, 2025, and no big costs or changes are expected—just a smoother way to handle paperwork!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Reinstated form to prove child dependency
The Office of Personnel Management is reinstating the information collection form RI 25-37 (OMB No. 3206-0206) that is used to decide whether a surviving child of a deceased federal employee or annuitant is eligible to receive dependent benefits. This affects individuals or households who must show a child is dependent in order to receive federal retirement or survivor benefits.
Paperwork time burden for filers
If you must submit RI 25-37, OPM estimates it will take about 1 hour per respondent. The agency estimates 250 respondents for a total of 250 burden hours for this collection.
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