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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

Commissioner of Social Security Administration (June 17, 2019 - July 9, 2021)

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Comments

  1. William P.

    My brother Thomas Harrington Parsons (*** – ** – ***) has not received his $1200 stimulus check as of May 14. He is on Social Security Disability and I am his payee representative (William P. Parsons). When will he receive his check?

  2. Rebeca O.

    Hi I Am a Payee haven’t got my Stimulus check jet I have direct deposits and I haven’t got it jet I am a And haven’t got no check

  3. Jinifer L.

    Are the EIP’s temporary or permanent? How many months will people be getting the Environment Impact Payments?

    • V.V.

      Hi Jinifer, 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!

  4. Carlos o.

    Sent the check to direct deposit

  5. Nicholas S.

    To slow people are starving especially ssi and SSDI
    Please help.

  6. Sheri

    It’s May 14,2020 I receive ssi & disability we were all told as of May 13,2020 we would receive our direct deposit I’ve had direct deposit for many years so there shouldn’t have been any excuse to why I to did not receive my stimulus check And others who are in the same situation this is truly sad because people with our income have the lowest income and yet we’ve been forgotten or prolonged this just isn’t right!

  7. Dana C.

    I’m on SSI and have been since 2016. I’m a U.S citizen born on a military base in the U.S. whenever I go to non fillers it says payment unavailable!!! This was done May 3,2020 and no direct deposit as that’s how I receive my benefit. Please someone give me some input. I see this as a government failure!!!

    • Brian k.

      Please

  8. Rachal R.

    I have a payee when will I receive my EIP

  9. Harold P.

    Still no payment

  10. Harold

    i have not received any stimulus payment. I am on SSA and normally get direct deposit

    • Derek R.

      What is SSA? I think a lot of people in here ,have no idea what their status is, either SS, SSDI, SSI, or Veteran and Railroad!

      • CNN

        FYI SSA stands for Social Security Administration. You are welcome.

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