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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. Dee

    Was wondering will children receiving ssi
    Receive stimulus automatically or do they need to be claimed

  2. Nori

    I have a payee, will that slow down my check? I have my funds go to direct deposit.

  3. Raymond H.

    What date will ssi people receive there stemeless checks

    • Nichole

      I just read the IRS is in contact with SSA to start depositing stimulus money this week.

    • KarenRoss

      I get social security on the 3rd of th month will i get 1200

    • Paul t.

      Paul Turner

  4. Wendy K.

    Thank you in the time of need. I dearly appreciate everything everyone is doing for people like myself because i have noone helping me but the government and I’m still trying to survive. This month was rough i had no food and the little monwy i do get wasn’t enough although I’m grateful to be alive after car accidents and a great deal of medical problems and a tbi inury. Thank You Lord.Amen

  5. dorothy e.

    i am on ssi, work part time, have a foster child which is my great grandaughter, i claimed her on my 2019 taxes not on my 2018 i did not have her then she was born 02/21/2019., we still have her, do i ,and when would i get the $ 500.00 for her, is there something else i have to file?

    • Jacqueline L.

      You have children under 18, 17 and younger, you need to go to irs.gov and file a non-filers claim to get your payment and 500.00 extra for each child, I’ve been reading up on this daily. I’m no professional, but that’s what needs to be done, you should also call direct express to get the routing and account numbers for your daughters card, because that will be required. Hope this helps ya out.

  6. Virgil m.

    Thanks for the update information it put me in the knowing God bless n thanks

  7. Patty L.

    Doesn’t answer if you get SSI for a child and you filed taxes!! When will you get the payment.

  8. Barbara L.

    Go to the bank and tell them. They can’t keep money that isn’t theirs. If that doesn’t work, call or write the Treasury.

  9. JASMINE L.

    Do ssi payee’s get there $1200 I am payee of my daughters ssi I receive money on direct Express card ……

    • Nori

      I was wondering how it works if you have a payee. I tried that link where tell you when your money will come. But it always says. Status unavailable

    • Jacqueline L.

      You have children under 18, 17 and younger, you need to go to irs.gov and file a non-filers claim to get your payment and 500.00 extra for each child, I’ve been reading up on this daily. I’m no professional, but that’s what needs to be done, you should also call direct express to get the routing and account numbers for your daughters card, because that will be required. Hope this helps ya out.

  10. Tatiana

    Do SSI people with disabilities get a stimulation check

    • A.C.

      Hi, Tatiana. Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who do not have qualifying children under age 17 do not need to take any action with the IRS. You will automatically receive your $1,200 economic impact payment directly from the IRS. You should receive the automatic payments by direct deposit, Direct Express debit card, or by paper check, just as you would normally receive your Social Security benefits. Treasury expects automatic payments for Social Security beneficiaries around the end of April and to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients starting in early May. We hope this helps.

      • Gigitx

        I get survivors benefits by direct deposit. No dependents, nobody else claimed me and no other income. It’s May 6th and I have not recieved anything. Based on your answer something is messed up. What do I need to do?

        • V.V.

          Hi Gigitx. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. Therefore, we do not have a schedule of these payments. Continue to check the irs.gov/coronavirus page for guidance. Thanks!

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