Braun orders state to stop using federal survivor benefits to cover foster child costs

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday ordered the Department of Child Services to preserve all of the earned federal survivors' benefits available to some wards of the state.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: May 14, 2026

Words: 544

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday ordered the Department of Child Services to preserve all of the earned federal survivors’ benefits available to some wards of the state.

The agency has been diverting funds to reimburse the state for the cost to care for those children — potentially leaving them with little when they age out of state custody.

“Survival benefits belong to children, not the government,” Braun told reporters at a news conference held …

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