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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. Keith W.

    I am 58 years old, have been on SSI since February 2017, and that is my only income. I get my SSI via Direct Express, and should have received my EIP on May 13. I have used the IRS Get My Payment tool every day for close to 3 weeks, but each time after giving the first page of info, I get Payment Status Unavailable? Of for some reason I’m ineligible, I’d like to be notified, however I believe there is a mix up of my personal information as when I try to open a My Social Security account, it says I have a mortgage, a car loan, and a credit card, and I have never had any of these!! I understand that if I don’t put my information in Get my payment the exact way that the SSA has it listed, I will not be able to use Get My Payment, which I shouldn’t need to do anyway. Please help me find out why I haven’t gotten the money I’m entitled to, or any reason I may have been Garnished.
    Brat Regards, Keith Clarke

  2. Laura K.

    I still have not received my kids payment and I have a direct express card, and I did put them on the IRS Non Filers tool, what should I do? I already received my payment.
    Thank you
    Laura Kelly

  3. QUANETTA C.

    Why I haven’t received m y stimulus check which shows that on Get Mt Payment. The date. May 13th has passed whichi is the day I was supposed to receive it

  4. Keivin

    Will there be more than one $1200 check deposited in SSI recipients accounts?

    • CNN

      No.

  5. Kim c.

    I won my disability case. And I didnt have no job in the past that lasted 3 months so what is it called I won ? I get around 500 a month is it supplimentry social security or social security am I going to get stimulus money or not I’m so confused please let me know. My name Kimberly Ann childers 9374728035..ty

  6. Michele

    I haven’t gotten any thing either an in ssdi with Direct Express card there is no one we can ask or talk to about this and the it’s website is a joke can’t get any info there either very upset

  7. Larry S.

    Im on SSI benefits and still have not got my stimulus money. Who can I call? Who can I complain to? Whos responsible? Why can’t i get any help from anyone?

  8. Jenny d.

    I get SSI still have not received any stimulist check at all I have direct express card no bank account will ever get one will come by mail are direct deposit .cannot not talk to anybody it. When in Waco tx what is going just a concern person

    • Michele

      I haven’t gotten any thing either an in ssdi with Direct Express card there is no one we can ask or talk to about this and the it’s website is a joke can’t get any info there either very upset

  9. Ninh P.

    Can I have report for SSI when I receive unemployment benefit and extra $600 pandemic?? thank you

    • V.V.

      Hi Ninh, thanks for using our blog. If you’re receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment insurance benefits are considered unearned income. If you, your spouse, or a child living in your household have any income other than your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment, including unemployment insurance benefits, you must tell us.

      To learn more about SSI and how income affects your payment, check out What You Need to Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

  10. Nettie k.

    I would like to know. Why me nor my son received our stimuls check in our account. We both draw ssi and i am his payee.

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