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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. Desiree

    What if me and my payee both our on ssi would they put both payments for the simulate check.

    • V.V.

      Hi Desiree, 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, check out the step-by-step instructions on the Social Security and Coronavirus web page: https://www.ssa.gov/coronavirus/#anchorA. On that page, you will also find details about how the IRS will send economic impact payments to individuals that have a representative payee.

  2. jon k.

    My 26 week unemployment payment of $73 has expired. I was recently laid off due to lack of work on 3/16/2020 yet my original uE.R.N. #95-372-23 feel free to call Shane Lowe or Bobby Carnes in H.R. at (203)324-5400 to clear up this issue a.s.a.p., for I have 0 currency and cannot feed my family, Jon Klimkoski (860)719-3828, Please Please HELP me.

  3. Gail R.

    I have my son that is 17. He gets SSI benefits. Does he get a $500 stimulus check from the government? His name is Bryce Romine.

    • V.V.

      Hi Gail, 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!

  4. Sherry R.

    will social security recipients with a representative payee receive their economic stimulus payment?

    • V.V.

      Hi Sherry, 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 your qualifying child, check out the step-by-step instructions on the Social Security and Coronavirus web page. On that page, you will also find details about how the IRS will send economic impact payments to individuals that have a representative payee. We hope this helps.

  5. Mike

    Mikemontoya74@gmail.com

  6. Beverly j.

    When are ssi recipients getting their stimulas check

  7. Lourdes M.

    Hii
    I would like to if there government assistance Programs /funding for low income families to help with The costs of cremation or burial services for death of a family member from covid 19 virus .

    • Jill H.

      Google it.

  8. susan c.

    iif you get ssi and someone carried you on there taxes, will you still recieve stimulus payment

    • June b.

      I was Wondering the same thing

    • Cherie

      If you’re claimed as a dependent by someone else, you do not qualify for the payment.

      • David W.

        What’s claim mean

    • V.V.

      Hi Susan, 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!

  9. Curious1978

    Did anyone on disability get their $1200? Just curious. (Not SSI)

    • Ron J.

      No, no SSDI payments … first promise made April 14th, April 17th, April 24th, first week of May, middle of May, … we got duped.

  10. matthew d.

    The 13th is showing direct express cards deposit pending for lots of people. I asking of deposit coming for bank direct deposits not card

    • Billy

      You need to stop baiting people with that FAKE DATE OF 13th bitch.

      • Uncle S.

        Why the name calling HOE!?
        Sincerely:Your mom.

    • Jill H.

      Liar! No money coming on 13th.

      • Darrell R.

        I’m on disability no money yet what is wrong here

        • David W.

          My wife got her she my payee were separateddo do I have to be claim to get mine

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