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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. Justin M.

    I’ve heard so many different dates on this, I don’t think anybody on SSI is getting anything. First they said, between April 17th-24th…got nothing. Then it was April 30th… nothing, then May 1st…got my regular SSI payment but still no stimulus payment. Now I’ve heard May 5th and I guarantee there still won’t be anything. And I’ve been on SSI for 12 years. The fact they keep giving conflicting information instead of a specific date means we’re not getting anything.

    • Jack

      AARP worked so hard to make sure all on disability will get a 1200 stimulus check. To me this aint a joke. If the treasury department says theyll issue the check they should honor that. Well all just wait til the 5th and see or its going to be a big mess. Theres a lot of older folks out there that could use this money, the ucking rich people should give out stimulus check and not get any imho

      • Tdtp

        Well where is AARP now?

  2. Angela S.

    I receive SSI and social security and get both pymts direct deposit 1&3 of each month still haven’t receive my stimulus check

  3. Yvonne W.

    I receive SSI on the 1st of every month and have direct deposit.. It was said those who receive SSI will be receiving their stimulus at the end of the month of April, no later than the beginning of May and those on SSI will be receiving their stimulus via the Treasury. The treasury are the ones who send out the SSI payments so why haven’t they deposited the stimulus payment in my account at the same time?

    • Doreen R.

      I dint get mine either now there sayng earky may by the 5th im bullshit

    • Justin M.

      That’s what they should have done. I thought they would but I didn’t receive a stimulus payment on any date mentioned and they’ve mentioned several.

  4. Inez C.

    Hey I was wondering I get as I an my son does to we both on the same card ok now I didn’t carry him on taxes . will I still get a check if his mom carry him.will I still get a stimulus check just for myself.

  5. Bill

    Trust me you guys there are plenty of us out there they have not sent out the money to all of us on Social Security disability with direct express card or bank account

    • Kyle

      I feel so bad for my mom I make sure she has everything she needs and I don’t claim her as a dependent so she should be getting a stimulus check but she’s really sad she hasn’t gotten it yet I told her they keep saying early May so maybe it’s not the first maybe she will have to wait a little bit longer I told her

      • Doreen M.

        I didnt get mine either there sayng by the 5th we should like u i was counting on it today with ssi its not there yet

  6. Pierre N.

    I receive ssi ssd have direct deposit and have not received a stimulus payment

    • Justin M.

      Same here. The fact there’s no specific date for us to get them is ridiculous.

  7. Jennifer L.

    Still no stimulus and I receive ssdi. I have regular bank account with direct deposit. When I try to use get my payment app says it can’t determine my eligibility???

  8. Tracy J.

    I received my monthly ssdi but i di not receive my economic stimulas payment on my direct express card WHY ???

  9. Tracy J.

    I receibed my monthly supplemental income for month BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE MY ECONOMIC PAYMENT OF $1,200.00 AT ALL AND I HAVE A DIRECT EXPRESS CARD

    • Kyle

      My mom didn’t either

  10. Demetrius

    I was failed as a dependent on some ones taxes and I get SSI will I get a check?

    • Coco

      I did to but I seen someone post that we are not going to. Which is not fair.

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