Garbarino Helps Secure Newborn Social Security Number

A Massapequa Park resident filed for a new social security card for his daughter after she was born through the assistance of a surrogate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Given that the Social Security office could not verify his daughter’s birth due to all records being sealed, her number was never issued and he could not add her to his health insurance, resulting in many medical bills from the hospital. Within 72 hours, my caseworkers discovered a way to clear her application and assign his daughter a Social Security Number.