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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. De'Shawn m.

    My sister got hers last Friday and she gets SSI without my payment tool I didn’t receive my stimulus payment yet I get direct deposit

  2. Walter F.

    I receive both SSI and SSDI every month and I still have not received my stimulus payment I have no resources the bills have just been racking up because I used whatever money I had saved to buy Essentials. In the effort to stay safe and healthy by staying home and isolating for over 2 months …. I keep reading and hear my people getting there and I’m like what’s going on with me and when I check that that get my payment and says no information available or unavailable something to that effect a still gathering information to determine eligibility ..”IT FRUSTRATING AND DEPRESSING:

  3. Heather A.

    The check my payment from the irs simulation showed I’ve gotten paid on may 14th how ever I haven’t gotten the money on my direct deposit account or in the mail. What can I do?

  4. William V.

    I heard they’re supposed to be a payment on the 20th of May but I’m not going to hold my breath at least I’m not alone in this.

  5. Earl H.

    Hi my name is Earl Hughes i have not received my stimulus when will i get my check $1200.00 this is now may 18 2020 my friends and family menbers have got there what is the going on and u all are talking about a second check and have not got the first one

  6. Earl H.

    I am on ssi and have not received my stimulus when can i receive my $1200.00

    • ID

      Read yesterday that the US eligible citizens living in Guam are being told their payment will arrive in a couple of weeks. So ppl in GUAM get more direction, information, and relief than US citizens living in the US with the same direct deposit for YEARS. Yet not a peep to really help or even acknowledge a problem from these “folks”. The frustration and stress could be halved if there was a real date, not a continually moving target of a date that comes and goes with no explanation. My opinion of those in charge of this fiasco is that they have proven to be wholly unfit for their position and should join the unemployment line. Hire competent people SSA/IRS, or at the very least compassionate ppl who know the value of communication and keeping your word.

  7. John

    I am on Social Security with direct deposit on 3rd of every month. I still haven’t received my stimulus payment, it’s now 18th of May. I have several relatives and friends who received theirs mid April/May. I don’t understand what the problem is with mine, any suggestions?

  8. Pamela B.

    I would like the state to consider giving people their SS checks the month they are untitled to it versus having to wait 2 months. So many state regulations have changed because of this pandemic and it makes no sense to hold back SS checks 2 months when first applying. I desperately need the money now to pay bills. There is no legitimate reason to hold back the check. I turn 62 at the beginning of June but cannot get my check till August. It makes no sense other than it being an old rule. Please consider this- please.

    • Heather A.

      They have to do something I’m disabled and have children we’re about to be homeless and I can’t get help. What do I do? I have no money so no gas no bills getting paid etc.

  9. Timothy C.

    I am on SSI and social security and I haven’t received my stimulus payment yet when will I receive it

    • Timothy C.

      And I have direct deposit for my monthly payments

      • William V.

        I’m in the same boat as you and it’s making me crazy can’t find any information about what’s going on with them

        • Evy F.

          Yea I’m on Ssi with direct express card direct deposit each month. And I haven’t received any stimulus payment yet either. Idk what else to do anymore. They don’t tell you nothing when u call and finally got they put u right back to the damn recording.

  10. Evy F.

    I’m on Ssi with direct express card.
    I haven’t received any stimulus payment as of today and I want to know where is it at?????
    I tried tge get my payment tool. Tells me nothing available LIKE I don’t even exist.
    Can someone please help me and everyone else that’s left behind fix the problem…………..

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