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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. Christopher m.

    Nice

  2. Edbert W.

    I am SSI recipient.
    I didn’t receive COVID-19 Economic Impact Payment yet.
    My name is Edbert Wong
    DOB:04/25/1992
    SS# xxx—xx-9564
    2215 pear tree way,
    Hacienda Heights,CA 91745

  3. Leonard J.

    When will my wife and I receive our $1,200 Covid-19 Economic Impact Payments? Or how can we find out this information?

  4. Karen R.

    But I. still haven’t got it today either.

  5. Karen R.

    Hi My name is Karen R. Prado, And I haven’t got my 1,200.00 social security payment yet I went too the irs.gov

  6. Labotamy c.

    Still no stimulous check i have no vlothes. And needing medical isdues cause of alll the useless cig smokees semd my gotdam money to my payee
    Atllll

  7. William F.

    No stim,. SSI direct deposit. Sirs site useless, blocks me saying not enough info. BS. William Bangs 800 citrus st. Bullhead City ariz. 86442. Idiot Senitors office gonna send me a form. No corodernation by the two agencies. You know who I am and all my info is there. Why? bill72247@gmail.co. of course this won’t help. Your the government. I’m not alone my sons mom in Oregon still hasn’t got hers yet. Same scene SSI only no tax returns. This is bad for tolhose of us who are old, frail, and truely poor.

  8. Mark G.

    I still have not received my $1200 income relief. I paid taxes in April and used the automatic direct payment system for paying the government the taxes.

  9. Robert D.

    Hi I’m Robert I’m on social security disability and I haven’t received my Stimulus check my check Social Security is direct deposit

  10. Teresa L.

    I receive ssi /disability and I still haven’t received my stimulus payment and I have a 1099 form but I put my information on the non filer and I don’t have any independent so please some help me so I can get my payment before I become homless

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