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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. Towana w.

    I receive ssi supplement since 2007 no taxes filed i have no children. I have dire deposit with chime i haven’t seen anything uet an i am disabled can u please tell me something thank you

  2. Renee j.

    Will there be any more help for the people because of the corvid 19. Is that the only help we will get

  3. Rosario E.

    I don°t receive yet my automatic covid-19,why is the reason?,I would like to know thankyou

  4. Francis C.

    As far as I can tell I qualify for stimulus check today is may 18 nothing yet..there are many of us waiting..

  5. Wilbert k.

    I’m on social security I have direct deposit My information is up to date for social security. I do not have dependent children. My social security check gets deposited each month into my bank account. I have not yet t received my covid 19 check. And I can’t find any information about it any where. Need help

  6. dumfks

    on SSI/SSA with direct deposit & no freaking kids
    as of 5/18/2020 not a damn thing

  7. 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.

  8. Carolyn L.

    Checking on my $1200 check.

  9. Maureen P.

    I have automatic deposit for my SSD benefits, do not file taxes. Have not received my EIP. Everything on ITS site and SSA site, indicates payments were generated in early May. Who do I need to cpntact?

  10. Carolyn L.

    I’m on S.S. I have not received my $1200 check all of my friends have gotten their. I get my check on the 3rd. Of each month. Can you please help me. Thanks. Carolyn. Leonard DeFur

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