Young, Black & Widowed

Young, Black & Widowed

By Azurae RedmondBusinessNon-Profit
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Young, Black & Widowed episodes

  • Young Widow Survivor Benefits | Young, Black & Widowed Inc. | Episode 12

    Survivors benefits come from the Social Security Administration, so be sure to immediately visit the local Social Security office after receiving your late spouse's death certificate. Typically, you must be 60 to take survivors benefits on behalf of a deceased spouse. However, in the event that your spouse dies while you are young, your children can receive these same retirement benefits, until they are 18.

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    5 min
  • Widowed Health Insurance Coverage | Young, Black & Widowed Inc. | Episode 11

    If you were on a healthcare plan through your spouse's work, you will typically need to find your own widowed healthcare plan immediately.

    When a spouse dies, it is considered a qualifying event, and as a result, you can sign up for healthcare plans regardless of whether they are in open enrollment.

    You may want to talk with your employer about getting a plan through your own job. If that's not an option, the healthcare exchanges may have a good plan for you. Widow(er)s with children may automatically qualify for low or no-cost health insurance through programs like TennCare.

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    3 min
  • Widowed Health Insurance | Young, Black & Widowed Inc. | Episode 12

    If you were on a healthcare plan through your spouse's work, you will typically need to find your own widowed healthcare plan immediately.

    When a spouse dies, it is considered a qualifying event, and as a result, you can sign up for healthcare plans regardless of whether they are in open enrollment.

    You may want to talk with your employer about getting a plan through your own job. If that's not an option, the healthcare exchanges may have a good plan for you. Widow(er)s with children may automatically qualify for low or no-cost health insurance through programs like TennCare.

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    3 min
  • Survivor Benefits Checklist | Young, Black & Widowed Inc. | Episode 11

    Survivors benefits come from the Social Security Administration, so be sure to immediately visit the local Social Security office after receiving your late spouse's death certificate. Typically, you must be 60 to take survivors benefits on behalf of a deceased spouse. However, in the event that your spouse dies while you are young, your children can receive these same retirement benefits, until they are 18.

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    Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/youngblackwidowed/message
    5 min
  • Post-mortem Planning & Funeral Service Checklist | Young, Black & Widowed Inc. | Episode 10

    When planning a service after the death of life partner, take the following steps:

    1. Obtain legal pronouncement of death from an attending doctor, hospice nurse or call 911.
    2. Seek to have organs donated to assist the living, if desired
    3. Arrange transportation of the body to coroner for autopsy.
    4. Arrange transportation of the body from coroner to funeral home of your choice.
    5. Decide on the type of disposition, such as traditional burial or cremation. For traditional burial arrange embalming, choose outfit, select casket, grave marker, inscriptions, location of internment and obtain a burial permit. For cremation chose cremation container and, if desired, grave marker and inscriptions and location of internment.
    6. Decide on the type of service such as a memorial, wake, military service or celebration of life and identify a location for the service.
    7. Compile information for the obituary and tactfully post it to social media or submit it with local newspapers. Communicate the preference for flowers, donations to charitable organizations within the obituary.
    8. Prepare any other photos, displays, memorial guest book, passages, songs, videos, memorabilia, printed programs, flowers at the service and reception food.
    9. Choose an officiant to lead the service, such as a religious leader, family member or friend, and decide who will perform the eulogy.
    10. Obtain multiples death certificate copies to begin your extensive survivorship paperwork.
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      4 min
    11. Herban Doula | Young, Black & Widowed Inc. | Episode 9

      Lexi is the Herban Doula servicing Chattanooga and the surrounding areas who has nearly 30K followers. She provides pregnancy, birth, postpartum & lactation support and education, yoni steaming, placenta encapsulation and herbal products and virtual support services. She's into cloth diapering, mama cloth/freebleeding, natural remedies, medical freedom, baby wearing, conscious parenting, homeschooling and makes many personalized herbal products for her clients.

      20 min
    12. Elope Chattanooga | Young, Black & Widowed Inc. | Episode 8

      Featured in Martha Stewarts wedding magazine, co-author of the book Planners Unplugged and 7 time award winner of the Couples Choice Awards for the top 5% of the wedding professionals, Shaun Mosley, showcases her amazing business Elope Chattanooga. We discuss the benefits of eloping during a pandemic in the beautiful Scenic City!

      24 min

    About Young, Black & Widowed

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    Young, Black & Widowed Inc. is a progressive 501(c)3 nonprofit advancing Black Mental Health Worldwide. Since it's founding in 2020, 3000+ widow(er)s of every age, nationality, faith and…