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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. Dimples

    When will I receive my stimulus check? I’m on ssi with no dependents and do not file taxes

  2. christopher a.

    Bullshit…you have no idea how we suffer but for 55 years I have been paying taxes and now my shit government closes any job I may get….then I can get no information from your site…no phone access….no damn results…..so me and my family will be homeless as of 6/01/2020…thank you bastards

  3. John

    I receive SSI benefits and I would like to know if I will receive My stimulus package on my direct express card or will I receive it via mail can someone please let me know or is there something that I would have to do to receive my stimulus package

  4. TBF

    Just called IRS 800 829 7650. Agent was very nice. He said SSI will get stimulus, but doesn’t know when. I am having anxiety, fear, tears . Is there anybody out there who cares for the generation that saved democracy and their families?

  5. Chasity C.

    I am in Jeri Odom ‘s situation and wondering if I need to do anything for my son to receive his EIP?

  6. Sharon

    I’m on life support and home bound. I’m going to die in my bed before the check arrives at this point (May 4th)
    SSI and had the same bank account since 2001.Lived at same address for 21yrs (own my home)
    Now a widow and alone. Are they trying to kill us off?!?????

    • TBF

      I know many seniors, va, and ssi who have not had EIP deposited. It is obvious the answer to your question is YES!!!

      • TBF

        Last month I had to spend all my money buying supplies so I could survive the gov imposed Covid-19 House Arrest. I trusted the gov to keep their word and help me. Now what do I do? I have no money. IS HELP aka MONEY coming? WHEN? Please treat us like Americans should be treated by their gov… NOT LIKE THIS!

        • TBF

          I have major depression, have had for 10years. This is not helping me, can’t eat, sleep, stop crying. Why is this happening to us?

        • TBF

          Paid taxes since I was 15 years old. Now I am old, sick, disabled. Major depression for 10 years. Can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t stop crying.

  7. Renee G.

    I receive ssdi and I checked on Get My Payment and it said it was deposited on April 29 to bank acct that is not mine I get all payments on my direct express card , I have no bank acct, so where did they get this acct number, I receivef a1099 for2years now ?

    • Nicki

      It will be rejected and mailed to you

    • Nicki

      I just heard on you tube if you see numbers on an account you don’t recognize that the stimulus check is being deposited in its the account number for the DirectExpress card not the actual card number.

  8. Jerl O.

    I have a 19 year old grandson on SSI and I am his representative payee. His benefits come in on Direct Express card but they put my name on his card, will he need to do anything to receive his EIP?

  9. Ana

    I have a 20 yr old son whos i get ss benefits i claim him as a depented does he need tp do anything or fill out any forms with the irs?

    • CNN

      Ana, if your son is claimed as a dependent on your taxes, he does not qualify for a stimulus check. Don’t take my word for it. go to IRS.gov and look at he article on who qualifies. It spells it all out very clearly. I hope you find the answer you are looking for.

    • V.V.

      Hi Ana, thank you for your question. Please visit the IRS Economic Impact Payments Information Center to answer your questions about eligibility, payment amounts, what to expect, when to expect it and more. Hope this helps!

  10. John T.

    I just read a report by channel.8 news chicago said that mid may is when most people on ssi would recieve there stim. hold the f up it has gone on long enough people need help there tired of no response no answers no money u ask of americans to shelter an place then the system thinks we are just gonna be handed some b.s. an except it hell to the no instead of sending millions over seas help the people that built the nation an but u sorry people in office an the veterans that defended this country older americans an veterans are getting tired of the run around

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