If you get Supplemental Security Income, you need to know when you get paid regularly. For the last few months of the year, there will be some small changes to when you get paid. The Social Security payment schedule for this year still shows that people who are eligible for this cash program will get four monthly checks. The Social Security Administration sends out SSI funds every month on the first of the month unless that day is a holiday or weekend. When the first of the month is a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, the SSA moves the payment date to the work day before.
New dates for Social Security and SSI payments have been set for September
This month, SSI recipients won’t get their standard benefits because the first of September is a Sunday. They already got their checks on Friday, August 30th. Following this payment rule, some extra SSI payment times will change in the last four months of the year. Please find below a list of all the confirmed SSI payment dates. You can put them on your calendars and plan your budget around them.
August (September): Friday, 30th of August
October: Tuesday, 1st of the month
November: Friday, 1st of the month
November (December): Friday, 29th of November
December (January 2025): Tuesday, 31st of December
It’s important to stress that you should wait at least three mailing days before calling SSA customer service if your SSI payment doesn’t come when you expect it to. You can get help with customer service at My Social Security Account, but you can also use it to find out more about your monthly payments and how much they are worth, download your statements, and ask for more information.
SSI payment: People who get benefits get between $698 and $1,415 a month
The goal of the Supplemental Security Income program is to help about 5 million Americans who are at risk have enough money to pay their bills and, in some cases, get out of poverty. People with low incomes who are over 65 years old, disabled, or in certain financial situations children who meet the Social Security Administration’s income and resource requirements can only get SSI. The amount of money these people get from Social Security may vary depending on the type of claim they make, but on average, they may get about $698 a month.
For instance, people who filed as individuals could get up to $943 a month, while couples could get up to $1,415 a month. Besides these groups, there is also the important person (EP) group, which gives an extra $472 a month to beneficiaries who meet certain criteria. The Social Security Administration has standards that recipients must meet to be called essential individuals. Because of how often applications are turned down, you should talk to a financial expert or Social Security worker before sending in your paperwork.
Social Security said they are working to make the SSI grant application process easier
Starting in December, the Social Security Administration will offer a streamlined online application process for people applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). This is a big step forward in a multi-year effort to make the process easier for disabled people and older adults who don’t have a lot of money or resources. The first step, called “iClaim Enhancement,” is to make an iClaim application that can be used online and is easy for people to use. It should have user-tested questions written in simple language, smooth step-by-step changes, and other features.
The online application is meant to cut down on the time needed for both the application process and the original review of the claim. Commissioner of Social Security Martin O’Malley says that the process of applying for SSI is being made easier after a year of talking with applicants, supporters, and people who work. This is a big first step toward making the system easier to use. The iClaim expansion is mostly for first-time applicants between the ages of 18 and 65 who have never been married and are applying for both Social Security and SSI at the same time. By late 2025, all applicants will be covered by a second wave.