{"id":377842,"date":"2022-10-17T06:06:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=377842"},"modified":"2022-10-17T06:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T20:06:08","slug":"3500-ss-beneficiaries-will-see-8-7-benefits-increase-starting-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/3500-ss-beneficiaries-will-see-8-7-benefits-increase-starting-january\/","title":{"rendered":"3,500 SS beneficiaries will see 8.7%  benefits increase starting January"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_371754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371754\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Gregorio-Sablan-W.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-371754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Gregorio-Sablan-W-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregorio Sablan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some 3,500 beneficiaries of Social Security in the Marianas will see their benefits increase by 8.7% beginning January 2023, according to Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) over the weekend<\/p>\n<p>Sablan also disclosed in his e-kilili newsletter that the CNMI Department of Public Safety is receiving $756,819 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to support hiring nine career law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan said the Social Security Administration announced on Thursday the 8.7 percent increase of benefits. He said this translates to an average monthly increase in benefits of about $68.<\/p>\n<p>The delegate said this substantial cost of living allowance, or COLA, increase is meant to match inflation over the last year as measured by the Consumer Price Index.<\/p>\n<p>He said Social Security benefits contribute $32 million annually to the Marianas economy.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan said over 2,100 retired workers receive the monthly benefit, along with another 1,400 disabled workers, widows and widowers, spouses, and children.<\/p>\n<p>With respect to DPS, the delegate said the U.S. Congress funds the COPS Hiring Program to reduce crime and advance public safety through community policing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 3,500 beneficiaries of Social Security in the Marianas will see their benefits increase by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":371754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}