File a Death Claim
The amount of the PSOB benefit is $343,589.00 for eligible deaths and disabilities occurring on or after October 1, 2016. The amount of the PSOB educational assistance benefit for one month of full-time attendance on or after October 1, 2016 is $1,024.00.
Proposed Rule II: Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: Proposed changes to current regulations implementing the PSOB Act that would, among other things, revise provisions that define when an individual is a public safety officer, when an officer has sustained a line-of-duty injury, when payment of benefits is prohibited, and when individuals are ineligible for payment. Comment period ends on October 21, 2016.
Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Policy Memorandum for Mandatory
Wear Policies.
Notice to Claimants: Protocol for Determining PSOB Claims Involving 9/11 Exposure
A unique effort of the U.S. Department of Justice; local, state, tribal, and federal public safety agencies; and national organizations, the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Programs provide death and education benefits to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders, and disability benefits to officers catastrophically injured in the line of duty.
The BJA PSOB Office is honored to review the nearly 900 claims submitted each year on behalf of America's fallen and catastrophically disabled public safety heroes and their loved ones.
