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Supplemental Security Income
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What You Need to Know
This website explains some of your rights and responsibilities when you receive Supplemental Security Income benefits.
About your payments
Before the government begins
paying you SSI, they will send you a
letter telling you when your
payments start and how much you will
get.
Your first SSI payment
will be made for the first full
month after you applied or became
eligible for SSI. The amount may
not be the same every month. The
amount depends on your other income
and living arrangements. The
government will tell you in advance
whenever they change the amount of
your payment.
Your first,
second and third monthly amounts
will be based on your first month’s
income. Sometimes a type of income
in the first month is not received
in the second month. They call this
“nonrecurring income.” When this
happens, the SSI benefit for the
second and third month is based on
the countable income from the first
months, minus the nonrecurring
income.
After that, your SSI
amount usually is based on your
income from two months before. For
example, a woman living in
California gets a $500 Social
Security widow’s payment and a $270
SSI Payment. In June, she buys a
lottery scratch off card and wins
$200 and reports that to the Social
Security office. That means in
August, her SSI payment will be
reduced to $70. In this example, her
SSI payment will go back to $270 in
September.
Your federal SSI
payment will increase each year to
keep up with the cost of living.
These increases usually will be in
your January payment, which you will
receive at the end of December.
If You Get a Check
Your SSI checks are U.S. government
checks. They usually come in the
mail on the first of the month.
Your check must be cashed within 12
months after the date of the check
or it will be void.
If the
first of the month falls on
Saturday, Sunday or a Legal Holiday,
you will get your check on the
banking day before.
To be safe, you should cash or deposit your check as soon as possible after you receive it. You should not sign your check until you are at the bank or place where you will cash it. If you sign the check ahead of the time and lose it, the person who finds it could cash it.
If your check is lost or stolen, the Social Security Administration right away. Your check can be replaced, but it takes time.
If your check does not come on the usual day, it should arrive within the next few days. Call if you do not receive your check by the fourth mail day of the month. They will find out what happened and see that you get your check.
Returning Payments Not
Due
Most of the time
your SSI will be for the correct
amount. But, if you receive more
money than usual, you should call or
visit your Social Security
Administration office. You must
return any extra money you are not
supposed to get even if it is not
your fault that you got it.
If you ever get a check you are not
suppose to get, you should take it
to any Social Security office. Or,
you can mail the check back to the
U.S. Treasury Department at the
address shown on the envelope in
which it came. You should write
VOID on the front of the check and
enclose a note telling why you are
returning the check.
If you
have direct deposit and receive a
payment you should not have gotten,
call or visit your Social Security
office. They will tell you how you
can return the funds.
Free Evaluation
If you are a filing for Supplemental Security Income(SSI) or
Social Security Disability for the first time, then here is
where you need to be. The form below will put you in touch with
the people you need to file for Disability and SSI as well as
assist those who are reapplying or appealing a decision.
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OBLIGATION Evaluation from a attorney or advocate in your area.
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