While we know that Social Security is designed for seniors in retirement, it also provides support to other groups of individuals as well.

Some common examples of this include people with certain disabilities, or in some cases, spouses of contributors to the program.

However, one group you may not realize is eligible is students — specifically, some college students who are children of beneficiaries. While these individuals can receive benefits in certain situations, they may have been underpaid by nearly $60 million.

The reason for this error? Flaws in the Social Security system, much like the kind we’ve been covering for months dealing with reduced payments and major communication issues.

Will more errors like this soon be brought to light? You can’t always count on the Social Security system to be perfect, but you can count on NORA to bring you important news like this on Twitter and Facebook.