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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. Shonya W.

    I dint receive my stimulus check and it’s may 1st why it’s not on my card?

  2. Debra H.

    I receive my SSI DirectExpress and I never received any stimulus money yet

  3. Trey

    I just checked the get my payment tool. It said payment status unavailable. I got my monthly ssi money this morning, but no stimulus money. Is there a chance it might come later?

  4. Dawn G.

    My son who is 21, a college student and works part time is not eligible for the 1200 stimulus nor do I get 500 for him as I claimed him on my 2018 taxes. Why on earth would this age group be excluded in the stimulus? But please make sure those who are not financially impacted by this pandemic are rewarded for doing absolutely nothing. Another reward for the lazy and worthless, while my son and our family are majorly impacted by this pandemic.

    • J.S.R.

      Everyone has their own issues But , I commend him for being 21 and going to school And working part time ! As for him not being eligible for the Stimulus , well from what you said that’s because YOU CLAIMED HIM AS A DEPENDENT ON YOUR TAXES , SO that’s why he won’t get a check. Sucks I guess , cause he Would Have !!!

  5. Kimberly J.

    I got my SSI payment on May 1 but I didn’t get my $1200 Stimulus check what going on?

  6. ShanikA h.

    Good morning I don’t received ssi but I am my son payee he is 19 will he be eligible for the stimulus pay

  7. Tammy

    A friend got their 1,200.00 on Disability check and still I havent got mine. Still waiting on it. And really it so I know who’s ever on Disability will get it just dont know when

  8. Lakisha G.

    Hello I received my monthly benefits Today on the 1st, But I did not receive my $1200 Stimulus check today on my direct deposit And I was wondering why.

    • Patricia F.

      I have recieved my social security direct deposit today but have not received my stimulus money. Can you tell me why? Thank you

  9. John S.

    I get SSI and I have direct deposit and I didn’t receive no stimulus check why ?

  10. Connie

    I got my monthly ssi on my direct express card but no stimulus yet when will that be

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