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I adopted 2 children that were considered to be under the special needs label. Thus I received an adoption subsidy. DSS, now DCF, called me an continually encouraged me to go down to Social Security and get death benefits from Bio-dad. They never told me that I could not receive both. I found out 10 months later when I filled out my Re-evalution form that I should not be receiving both. So after I had made purchases and upgrades that would only be paid by the Death Benefit, I lose that benefit. We have never recovered and never will. I believe that DCF wants as many as possible to go after SSI because it reduces what they have to put out. But they don't tell you that it will be a wash in the end after you go through the whole process. They even encouraged me with the words that, "everyone could use some extra money". In the end, it was a major financial reversal.