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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. Rodney R.

    and I never received a stimulus payment I am still looking for my stimulus payment can someone please tell me what is my stimulant check and my name is Rodney Roberts could someone please advise me why I haven’t received my stimulus check

    • V.V.

      Hi Rodney, 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!

  2. Thomas p.

    I have not received my stimulus payment yet. I thought it would be a direct deposit to my checking account. Please notify me if a payment hasbeen been issued.

  3. Thomas

    Thomas again looking at all the responces you gave majority seem to lead to impact payment center !!!! Been there three times so far told to fill out form over and over getting very tired of this game. Sorry but your efficiency is lacking
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  4. Thomas

    I have yet to receive any covid payment in my direct deposit account but my SSI still finds its way??? If you feel like not giving me any so be it!! But please stop saying how much you help

    • V.V.

      Hi Thomas, 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. c

    I read an article stating that the IRS has hired 3,500 temporary phone agents to help answer stimulus questions. That number is 1-800-829-1040. I sincerely hope this helps and you get some answers.

    • Tammy H.

      They tell u to just keep waiting

  6. Kimberly A.

    I have not received my stimulus money I’m on SSI I have been checking my Direct Express and nothing I really need that money it says we automatically receive it thank you Kimberly mcbay

    • A.C.

      Hi, Kimberly. 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!

  7. Janet J.

    I AM ON SSI / SSDI DIRECT DEPOSIT
    THROUGH MY DIRECT EXPRESS CARD. WHERE IS MY STIMULUS PACKAGE.? WE ARE NOW IN JUNE. AND YES I QUALIFY.

    • A.C.

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

  8. Nicki

    I wanted to let everyone know I talked to an IRS rep today. They now want none filers to do the none filer now to receive a stimulus check by oct.

  9. Ronald E.

    When will I receive my stimulus payments

    • V.V.

      Hi Ronald, 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!

      • Sharon

        I been direct to a pre-recorded helpline. You wait online for a half hour than they drop your call. This is so fustrating for disable people. All offices close to help us. Why it’s so hard to send a SSI Eip check to your same ssi direct deposit account. ? I been trying to get help all the library close to get free help to senior on SSI. Why it’s taking so long just for SSi people. Sad how we treated cause we disable .

  10. Marvin H.

    I am an 87-year-old American citizen retired in Japan. My wife is 82 years old, and we have not earned any reportable income for the year 2019. We usually get a form sent by your office for information as to whether or not we are still alive, and if our circumstances have changed since our 2018 report. No changes at all. We were also told that if we are living entirely on our SS payments we need not sent in any income tax returns. Is this true? No stimulus funds have as yet been directly deposited to our bank account. I am wheelchair-bound, and there are things we need to buy from the US. Please check my account and inform us if we are eligible for the Stimulus funds. Thank you: Marvin H. Harvest

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