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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. Mikecia N.

    Hello I haven’t received my stimulus check I don’t understand no one isn’t giving out any information..I’m not sure of what to do?

  2. Candace

    If you receive payment for a child on SSI will u still receive the 1200 for yourself or do u have to file as a non filer help

  3. raymond c.

    I get ssi when will I get coronavirus stimulus money. thank you

  4. Daotai

    Me too ,got my SSI but no Stimulus Check. When will I receive that? I also get direct deposit.

  5. Lisa

    Unfortunately, adult SSI recipients, who were claimed as a dependent on your Federal Tax Return, will NOT receive the economic impact payment of $1,200. I just sent an email to my State Representative, Bill Johnson, regarding this. It’s horrible that these individuals are being left out when resident aliens will qualify to receive the payment.

  6. anonymous l.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbQt8pYUY6Q

  7. Tafonda

    I got my May check but not my stimulus when will I get it

  8. Coco

    I got my SSI but no Stimulus Check. When will I receive that? I also get direct deposit.

  9. Sam

    Why can’t someone at SSA let us know when we are getting our stimulus money??

    • Lavora H.

      The minor child is in ssi. The adult received the $1,200 but not the $500 for the minor on ssi.
      Is the adult enrolled to the $500 for the minor that’s in ssi?

    • Maria

      I got my SSI monthly check but i didn’t get my stimulus money when well I get it if i get SSI

  10. Tim

    I got my ssi first of month check but no Stimulus
    Deposit when will it come

    • Derek R.

      Same here, would they just tell us wneh they are coming .I did hear that they can’t separate those that have dependent children from those that don’t, who have May 5th deadline, correct?

      • Daotai

        i have same issue , wondering how to check when will coming to direct deposit

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