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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. Tim J.

    Im on SSI and have a direct express card and I have not received the covid 19 payment

  2. Brian P.

    Im on ssi and i have direct deposit and still havent gotten anything. and get my payment tool never worked once for me

  3. Stephanie k.

    I’m Stephanie kizer and on ssi and Disability in T,. TX OVER MY OWN MONEY, DONT OWE IRS, OR CHILD SUPPORT, MY KIDS ARE GROWN W/KIDS. IVE BEEN WAITING on this check last couple of month .I still haven’t got a check, didn’t get it today.
    Yes I’m on direct EXPRESS card. When can I and use that hadn’t got check will MIGHT!!! SEE IN OUR DIRECT CARDS. SURE FO NEED THE HELP. THANK YOU GIDS VERY BEST.
    OH AND NO I DONT DO TAXES I DONT AND CANT WORK

  4. Brian k.

    How can I get. My stimulus package MY daughter calmed me as a dependent for like 8 years or more and now do to outbreak I’m rejected. If we new that this going too becomeing this I’m on SSI . BUT CAN’T get help. What should I too do now. BRIAN K Bell 2881 old Rome Road unit 5 I have a card that they mailed me. ????????

  5. Vonna M.

    My husband is on SSI/Disability and recieves his check direct deposit. All the sites I’ve found says he should have already received the stimulus check. But he hasn’t !
    Everyone I know recieved theirs right around the end of april first of may.
    I cant find anywhere to check the status.
    What does he need to do ?
    Thank you
    Vonna /wife
    Gilbert husband is also blind.

  6. Maureen F.

    Are we getting these payments for the rest of the year

    • V.V.

      Hi Maureen, 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!

  7. Lloyd E.

    Yes me and my wife are on ssi and here it is may15 no deposit yet would like two know when are we getting it

  8. Dezzal E.

    I haven’t received my payment for Corona virus I am a Social security disability benifarcy it’s after the 13 the will I still receive the payment

    • Carla C.

      I am on social security and i get my money on Direct Express Card and i still haven’t got my stimulus check

      • Nicki

        I’m on SSDI… Nothing on my DirectExpress card yet

  9. Pamela J.

    I`m still waiting on my payment ( I receive SSI ).

  10. Michelle S.

    I am the rep/payee for my daughter. She is epileptic and has special needs. She receives Supplemental Social Security. Do we need to do anything. She has direct deposit. I’m not sure if she qualifies I would imagine she does. Thank you and hope for a response.

    • V.V.

      Hi Michelle, 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!

      • J.S.R.

        I’m just curious , but why do you keep giving these basically random , and routine , and repetitive comments KNOWING , FULL WELL , that it’s BULLSHIT ! YEAH WE CAN GO HERE OR THERE AND LOOK UP AND READ THE SAME CRAP INFO , BUT IT STILL SAYS NOTHING BECAUSE NONE OF IT EVER PANS OUT ! SEE HERE IT IS THE 15TH another date and I’ve had the same direct deposit info with my benifits since 10 years ago and I know I’m eligible BUT AGAIN there’s some hold up , right !!!

        • Tiffany P.

          My sister got hers yesterday on her derect express card n I havent received mine

          • Nicki

            Was she on SSI OR SSDI

          • Tiffany P.

            Shes on ssi disability and didnt do anything she got her 1200 on her derect express card but still havent got mine

          • Tiffany P.

            Its tru we are getting it on our derect express card we just dont know when the only way I know is cuz my sister got it

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