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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. rebecca d.

    im on ssi plus disabitity when will i receive my money

  2. Glenda

    I some one gets SSI and do not have any dependent children and no bank account where does their stimulus check go? or on their debit card?

  3. Jennine

    Yes

  4. Lisa

    I get ssdi did anybody who gets SSDI get there’s please let me know please

  5. Winky

    I have direct deposit. I just checked my online banking and finally my Stimulus payment was there! Hope you all get yours today.

    • Nicole

      What card do u have?

      • Winky

        Hi Nicole, no card. I have regular traditional bank direct deposit.

    • J.S.R.

      Is your online banking through a direct express card or a regular traditional bank ??? Please let me know , Thank you in advance !

      • Winky

        Hi J.S.R., it’s a regular traditional bank. You’re welcome.

  6. Grace

    I received Social Security and SSI and get a 1099 each year. My representative payee receives my benefits each month and also gets Social Security as well and I wanted to find out if I will get a stimulus payment. As of April 29, 2020, I still never got my stimulus check direct deposit. The website said stimulus was to be issued to all Social Security recipients on that date and wanted to find out if the IRS was still sending payments.

    • Victoria

      A lot of us are wondering the same thing. This is crazy I wish someone from SSA would give us some answers.

    • Jennine

      Yes

  7. Scott H.

    My name is Scott Haley I left 2 messages before you answered this and I still have not yet got a reply please answer still not received my stimulus payment need to know what to do asap

    • Scott H.

      Hello

      • Scott A.

        Hello

  8. Beverly e.

    My daughter get SSI I am her payee for her will she resceve it

    • Peter

      If she 18 and up yes under 17 no

    • Peter

      If she over 18 yes under 17 no

  9. Saars h.

    Gonna tell u rite from dudes [ssi managers\ mouth any and all ssi people will be waitn at least till may5 so that all of those that have kids can claim them in bastard status meaning steps same sex adapted. Etc. May have to wait till mid june before arrive

    • Jeremiah

      Why ssdi. Waiting ? No dependants, no wife ever, on my own forever , never had a payee ever , they cant answer cause they say all ssdi will have by the 29th today well its the 29th !! . No pending infor. but. Just reg benefits. Pending .and no one claim me ever im my own been on my own, so what gives ?

  10. Luz W.

    I paid in dearly in 2018 and more in 2019? things can get tight. Hope to see equal right to stimulus. But I am glad so many received their money.

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