Supplemental Security Income Recipients Will Receive Automatic COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments
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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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Andrew R.
I’m on S.S.I and on May 1st, 2020, why haven’t received my stimulus check deposited in my bank account?
Patricia
My husband and I received our SSI payment today, however we did not receive our stimulus payment. Is there an update on when SSI recipients will receive payment?
Mary T.
Social Security check was deposited today – relief check was not included
Rickie W.
I live at 1950 north broad Street lot 2 Meriden CT 06450 my name is RICKIE Westbrook Born 7/6/1958 please don’t send my payment to Memphis TN I no longer be live at 892 n.claybrook 38107
Adriana D.
I RECUEVE SSI BENEFITS I DIDNT GET A STIMULIS PAYMENT WHEN SHOULD I BE EXPECTING TO RECIEVE THE COVI19 BENEFITS
Tom
People with kids most go to the irs web site and fail a none file taxt thing by may 5 2020 to get there money for the kids other than there no more info out when we get ares
Tom
If any want more info they just put stuff on ssi web site
geraldine w.
I’M 0N SSI AND I’M 70 YEARS OLD
WHEN WILL I GET MY STIMULUS CHECK
Cindy
When do we get updates on Stimulus Payments?
Laura
I haven’t got my stimulus check alarm received it on my card but I did get my SSI today and that’s it
Tyrone
Me too, we were told we would get both our regular payments and the economic relief check (stimulus check) on our original SSI, SSDI, etc payment date on the 1st or 3rd. Today is my SSI date, I recieved it but no stimulus check. This is frustrating.
TBF
me too