Users with disabilities in the United States who have a Social Security payment and also receive Supplemental Security Income may have something to celebrate in the near future. The Social Security Administration intends to change a rule regarding the SSI check for users with disabilities.
At the present time, any user with a disability who has Supplemental Security Income may see a reduction in their benefit. This reduction is made if the user with a disability receives help with payments for food and groceries. That is, if someone helps pay for both food and groceries, his or her monthly SSI check is reduced.
In this new proposal, SSI applicants would not be required to show their food expenses to Social Security. So you could say that payments would not have a reduction at the end of the month, but would no longer be affected at any point. So no matter what financial help disabled citizens get to pay for their food and groceries, the SSI amount would not be reduced at all.
However, this new rule is still in process, so we will have to wait a little longer for its official confirmation. Without a doubt, this is good news that will help all Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities to make their monthly overhead payments.
Who can receive Supplemental Security Income?
To be eligible for Supplemental Security Income, the Social Security Administration sets minimum requirements. To begin with, a person must be over 65 years of age, have a disability or be blind. A citizen under the age of 65 is not eligible for Supplemental Security Income if he or she does not have a disability.
In addition to this, Social Security requires the citizen not to have a large income or a lot of resources. In this sense, determining one or the other is more difficult, but thanks to the BEST Tool application, any citizen can find out in a matter of minutes if he or she is entitled to one of these benefits.
When does Social Security send out SSI checks?
The 1st of each month is the calendar day for the Social Security Administration to send out Supplemental Security Income checks. By activating Direct Deposit, we can get the check immediately. Otherwise, we will receive the check up to 3 days later, depending on our bank.
If the 1st of the month is a weekend or holiday, Social Security sends out the SSI check on the immediately preceding business day. This situation is not very common, but it is possible. In this month of March, for example, SSA sends two SSI checks to beneficiaries, since April 1st is a weekend.