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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

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Comments

  1. Betty S.

    I haven’t received my stimulus check yet. I am 84 years old and did not file an income tax return. Where can I find information about this matter.

    • Vonda V.

      Thanks for using our blog, Betty. Please visit the IRS Economic Impact Payments Information Center for all your Economic Income Payment-related questions. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!

  2. Kimberly D.

    Good Day!
    I have been trying for over 2 months calling and checking my direct express account as I am a payee for my son, receiving SSI, Direct Express has BEEN no hope I keep asking them when I am getting my 1200.00 plus add’t 500 for my child, I have called numerous numbers, and no one is giving me any answers, can you please tell me When my benefits, they said I would get my automatic payment would be on my direct express, but everyone has gotten their stimulus check as a “Payee”, as I have not, can you please give me a date when I will receive it either on my direct express card or by an EPI pre-paid card, or check by mail, again everyone has been very nasty, I do understand however you are all overloaded with calls, and questions, but if there was someone that can answer other than just voice mails, or information that is incorrect or not given, and then when I called both numbers they kep hanging up, at this point, all MY bills are getting shut off, they do not care,

    Can, you please let me know when and how I am getting it? everyone else got through and got a date from direct express, or the IRS, I have not? My social is *** – ** – ***. I am the payee for my Son Matthew Crawford through SSI
    or PLEASE CALL ME @ 727-364-1566

    Thank you,
    Kimberly Lach

    • CNN

      Kimberly, you should NEVER give out personal information, especially your Social Security Number on a public Blog as this. Don’t you know that scammers and trolls could steal your identity by having access to your personal information.

    • Vonda V.

      Hi Kimberly, 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. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!

  3. jennifer m.

    will i be getting a second stimulus check if so when

    • Vonda V.

      Hi Jennifer, 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!

  4. Elijah M.

    I was wondering where the 1,200 Economic Payment for my SSI receipent. I’m the representative payee, and it was suppose to post on the receipent monthly SSI Direct Express Card by May 22, 2020. It is now May 27, 2020. And we haven’t seen anything of the 1,200 Economic Impact Payment on the Direct Express Card yet. What do we do next? Please let us know. I would like the question answered. Thanks.

    • Vonda V.

      Hi Elijah, 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. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. Thanks!

  5. Elijah M.

    I haven’t received my Economic Impact Payment yet. It was suppose to post on May 22, 2020 for representative payees payment on the SSI recipent’s Direct Express Card that the SSI reciepent receives every month. Just wanted to emphasize my question and concerns. Thanks again.

  6. matthew d.

    Get my payment worked today. Deposit set for 5/28 ssdi ssa 1099 hopefully it will deposit after midnight. This has been a nightmare

  7. John

    I am on Social Security with direct deposit on 3rd of every month. I still haven’t received my $1,200.00 stimulus payment, it’s now 26th of May. I spent most of today trying to enter my information to Non-Filers: Payment Info. It said that my information wasn’t correct, kept kicking it back to me. I don’t understand what the problem is, any suggestions? Thank you.

    • Ann C.

      Hi, John. Thanks for visiting our blog. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is part of the U.S. Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments. Please visit the Internal Revenue Service’s website here for all your Economic Income Payment-related questions. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. We hope this helps.

  8. DeArlene P.

    I haven’t received a stimulus check yet how can I find out if im getting one or not I’m on ssi

    • Ann C.

      Thanks for your question, DeArlene. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is part of the U.S. Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments. Please visit the Internal Revenue Service’s website here for all your Economic Income Payment-related questions. If you are unable to find the answer, call the IRS hotline at 1-800-919-9835. We hope this helps.

  9. Andrea C.

    My sister is on SSI and lives in California. As of to date, May 26, 2020, she has not received the stimulus check. Please advise what could possibly cause the delay? She has no dependents and receives her direct deposit income from SSI monthly. She is 65 years old.

  10. Disfugured. H.

    Wheres my stimulous hey candi fuck offits my money my payee is broke id luv to shhoot u inf face

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