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Supplemental Security Income Recipients Will Receive Automatic COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments

April 15, 2020 • By

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Last Updated: February 21, 2023

The Treasury Department announced that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive automatic Economic Impact Payments directly from the Treasury Department.  Treasury anticipates these automatic payments to go out no later than early May.

SSI recipients with no qualifying children do not need to take any action in order to receive their $1,200 economic impact payment. The payments will be automatic.

SSI recipients who have qualifying children under age 17, however, should not wait for their automatic $1,200 individual payment. They should now go to the IRS’s webpage and visit the Non-Filers: Enter Your Payment Info section to provide their information. By taking proactive steps to enter information on the IRS website about them and their qualifying children, they will also receive the $500 per dependent child payment in addition to their $1,200 individual payment. If SSI beneficiaries in this group do not provide their information to the IRS soon, they will have to wait until later to receive their $500 per qualifying child.

This is great news for SSI recipients, and I want to remind recipients with qualifying children to go to IRS.gov soon so that you will receive the full amount of the Economic Impact Payments you and your family are eligible for. I also want to thank the dedicated employees of the Treasury Department, Social Security, and the Internal Revenue Service for making this happen and working non-stop on this issue.

SSI Recipients with Dependent Children Should Still Go To IRS.gov to Provide Their Information

Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries (who don’t normally file taxes) will also qualify for automatic payments of $1,200 from Treasury. These payments are anticipated to start arriving around the end of April.

The Treasury Department, not Social Security, will make these automatic payments to beneficiaries. Recipients will generally receive the automatic payments by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card, or by paper check, just as they would normally receive their SSI or Social Security benefits.

For those SSI and Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries, with dependent children, who use Direct Express debit cards, additional information will be available soon regarding the steps to take when claiming children under 17, on the IRS website.

Please note that the agency will not consider Economic Impact Payments as income for SSI recipients, and the payments are excluded from resources for 12 months.

For more information about Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries, please see our most recent blog.

The eligibility requirements and other information about the Economic Impact Payments can be found on the IRS website. In addition, please continue to visit the IRS for the latest information.

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Andrew Saul, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

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Comments

  1. bobby

    VONDA VAN TIL AFFAIR SPECIALIST You say go on IRS Impact payment IT said not enough imformation I been trying APRIL 29th now it may 14th same thing people need help but irs send stimulus check to dead people what wrong with that it a shame

  2. Mar

    I’m on ssi & before I was disabled I was on child support. Will I still get my stimulus payment? I’m not on it anymore.

    • V.V.

      Hi Mar, thank you for your question. Please visit the IRS Economic Impact Payments Information Center to answer your questions about eligibility, payment amounts, what to expect, when to expect it and more. Hope this helps!

  3. Lillian M.

    I can not log into my SS account and am wondering why I have not received the SS supplement.
    Lillian Neville
    DOB. 6-16-1946
    ADDRESS: 111D VILLA CAPRI CIR, DELAND, FL
    SS: *** – ** – ***
    My ex husband received his two weeks ago and had the same filing record I have.
    PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOMETHING. THANK YOU

    • V.V.

      Hi Lillian, thank you for using our blog. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. Therefore, we do not have a schedule of these payments. You may find the IRS Get My Payment Frequently Asked Questions web page helpful.

  4. Marcella m.

    How long will people with a payee have to wait for their stimulus check?

  5. Tulonia N.

    I am a payee. Recipient has not received stimulus check. What should i do?

  6. Wyona D.

    I am on ssi and ssdi, i cant get any information about my stimilus ,it says payment status not avaliable.

  7. Julia.g.Nolan

    How do I find out where my payment went

    • V.V.

      Hi Julia, thank you for using our blog. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. Therefore, we do not have a schedule of these payments. You may find the IRS Get My Payment Frequently Asked Questions web page helpful.

  8. maureen l.

    Iam the payee of my 2 adult children 22 and 24 they both get ssi on the direct express card will they get a stimulus check.

    • Candi

      As long as no one claimed them as a dependent yes they will receive a stimulus check. The IRS and the Treasury have not decided how or when they will distribute the funds to people who have a payee. Stay updated by subscribing for updates on ssa.gov or checking for new additions to their postings about covid on ssa.gov.

  9. Charles S.

    I did not get my stimulus check and I am on SSI I have a Direct Express Card everybody else got there’s but I did not get mine my mother is my payee and she got hers but I did not get mine she is on SSI as well but I did not get my stimulus check and I am on SSI and my mother is my payee what is going on?

    • Candi

      The IRS and the Treasury have not decided yet how or when to distribute the stimulus to people who have a payee. Keep checking ssa.gov for updates, or you can sign up to receive alerts on new updates as they are posted. If you go to ssa.gov you will see at the top covid updates, click on that and scroll down the page until you mentions people who have a payee.

    • Felicia

      Representative payees will be getting stimulus checks on may 27,2020 that have direct express card and my understanding and all other banks that representative payees have used to receive beneficiary stimulus checks and benefits social security administration has posted it on their website today may 14,2020 the whole thing is a dam mess I am still waiting for stimulus check too still no stimulus checks as of may,14 what in the hell is going on in the government!!!!! You all need to let us know something because it’s a lot of us on social security and veteran too that have not receive our stimulus payment and it’s not fair nor is it right!!!!!

  10. Sandra

    Am.I the only one who gets SS retirement with direct deposit and have not received the stimulus payment? Everyone I know has received their deposit, SSA, SSI, some have even gotten a paper check already. The IRS said everyone getting direct deposit would get their payment by today. I did not. How do I get help?

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