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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. Diane O.

    I am a childless widow on SSI, I get my monthly checks via direct deposit at Wells Fargo bank, I went to inquire today,
    i was told to check my mail? I’m confused and concerned. Shouldn’t I get my relief fund via my direct deposit?

  2. Becky n.

    What to do if I still don’t have check

    • V.V.

      Hi Becky, thank you for your question. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. To help you quickly and easily determine whether you need to take any action to receive your Economic Impact Payment, or a payment for a qualifying child, check out the step-by-step instructions on the Social Security and Coronavirus web page: https://www.ssa.gov/coronavirus/#anchorA.

  3. edwin L.

    I have no dependents sad sad sad when we going to get it probably never will only the rich get fast.some sorry ppl ? government.this nation is gonna go down.due to this president.economy will never survive.plus if this is political virus.lol

  4. edwin L.

    I think it’s really sad that a person like myself havnt received my stimulus.i have direct express card and get very little to pay my bills now being 100 percent disabled.why do we have to wait so long….

  5. Robert

    Where is my Stimulus check? I need it badly!

  6. I r.

    I don’t believe I will get any Stimulus money,

  7. Helen k.

    Please advise me why my husband and I have not received our stimulus checks

    • V.V.

      Hi Helen, thanks for using our blog. The Internal Revenue Service, which is part of the Department of Treasury, will be making Economic Income Payments to eligible people. Therefore, we do not have a schedule of these payments. Continue to check the irs.gov/coronavirus page for guidance. Thanks!

  8. Marsha b.

    I haven’t got mine on my direct Express card yet.im on SSI.no dependents

  9. Marsha A.

    I’m on SSI and have a direct Express card and haven’t received my stimulus payment yet.whats taking so long.

  10. Kathryn m.

    I haven’t got mine are the 500 yet

    • Patrick m.

      I haven,t got mine

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