Some Social Security beneficiaries may receive three checks in their bank accounts this month. Due to quirks in the Social Security Administration’s schedule, Supplemental Security Income recipients will receive two payments in May: one for May and one for June. Approximately 7.4 million Americans who may be disabled or have low incomes receive monthly SSI benefit payments. Of individuals who receive SSI, almost one-third also receive Social Security benefits. Three benefit payments will ultimately be deposited into those individuals’ accounts in May.
The SSA has confirmed the SSI payment dates for May, so all beneficiaries can be aware of them
The majority of conventional Social Security claimants who are retired or older get their benefits on the third Wednesday of each month. According to the SSA calendar, you are paid on the second Wednesday of the month if your birthdate falls between the first and the tenth of the month. This month’s date is May 14; May 21 is the third Wednesday of the month; and May 28 is the fourth Wednesday of the month. Those who began receiving Social Security benefits before May 1997 receive their payments on the third of the month; if they also receive SSI, their payments are made on the first.
In addition, SSI beneficiaries will receive two payments in May, just as they did in February. The Social Security Administration calendar states that the May SSI payment is due on May 1st, and the June SSI check is due on June 30th. This implies that SSI recipients will not be paid in June, just as they were in March. Another example of this recurring calendar anomaly occurs in August, when SSI beneficiaries receive two checks – one for August and one for September – but no payment for September.
What are the requirements to receive benefits from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program?
According to the Social Security Administration (SSA) guidelines, the SSI benefits are eligible for Americans who have little to no income and resources, are more than 65 years old, and have a disability or blindness condition. For instance, those whose monthly income from employment is less than $2,019 per month are usually the target of SSI. When parents apply for children, the income threshold rises for couples. In addition to your employment, we also consider additional sources of income, such as pensions, unemployment insurance, and disability benefits.
Similarly, prospective applicants must establish that they have assets worth more than $2,000 for individuals and $3,000 for couples. In case they have a child, this threshold could increase up to $2,000. Lastly, for those who are more than 65 years old and demonstrate a disability, you will need to earn less than $1,550 per month to be eligible for the program. Keep in mind that people over 65 years old won’t need to be disabled to apply for this program.
The Social Security Administration made a mistake, and millions of beneficiaries were concerned
Last week, some users of Supplemental Security Income, a government program that provides financial assistance to low-income senior citizens and disabled Americans, were incorrectly informed by the Social Security Administration that their payments had stopped. Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Mark Kelly of Arizona wrote to Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek on April 7th, informing him that certain SSI recipients are not currently getting payments. They wrote that these beneficiaries’ payment history and all benefit data had also disappeared and that they had been notified of the problem by constituents on several occasions. Chris Hubbard, the mother of a disabled adult son, identified an issue with a program that pays for his group home after being alerted to it by a Facebook community.
