Some people who get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will get more money in their checks because these payments have been paid late. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has said that Supplemental Security Income benefits will go up a lot because a lot of people live from salary to paycheck.
The goal of this program is to help low-income Americans, disabled people who haven’t paid their Social Security taxes, and children who are in certain financial situations.
SSI checks are very important for millions of people who depend on them every month to pay their bills. Applicants must show that their resources and income, such as wages and other Social Security payments, are less than certain amounts in order to be eligible.
The SSI checks increase will arrive soon, as the Social Security Administration confirmed
The rise in benefits will help about 400 people with terminal illnesses. These people have serious illnesses like chronic heart failure and different types of cancer.
The SSA says that this group of beneficiaries has been experiencing delays in benefit payouts, which has put them in a tough spot and left them without enough money to cover their daily living costs. But in this case, the focus is on how quickly people who haven’t been paid enough and are sick with diseases that will kill them need help.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has decided that it is necessary to step in and make sure that these people get the money they are legally owed, especially when things happen in their lives that change them.
The upcoming change to these recipients’ benefits will not only make things easier financially, but it will also give them more safety when things get tough. Checks sent every month for the next three to six months should show the rise. The increase can’t be more than the highest monthly SSI payment that can be made in 2024, which is USD 943.
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Additional benefits for Social Security beneficiaries as of December
SSI recipients will get more money each month because of the cost of living adjustment (COLA), which will be announced next week. This is in addition to the increase in SSI checks that was already stated. We won’t know the COLA raise until October 10th, but we can tell you how much we think your SSI checks will go up with a 2.5% cost of living adjustment.
| SSI benefits | Social Security checks | 2.5% COLA increase | Extra income |
| On average | $698 | $715 | $17 |
| Individuals | $943 | $967 | $24 |
| Couples | $1,415 | $1,450 | $35 |
| Essential person | $472 | $484 | $12 |
Keep in mind that these beneficiaries will start getting their bigger monthly checks on December 31st, while other beneficiaries won’t get their new benefits until January. The early payment is because SSI checks are usually sent by the Social Security Administration on the first of every month.
However, because January 1 is a holiday, the SSA will send the check on the work day before. Don’t forget that if the payment doesn’t come on the due date, you should wait at least three mailing days before calling customer service. The delay could be caused by your bank’s processing system.
When will beneficiaries receive their last SSI checks of this year?
The government has to send out more than 70 million payments every month, so they made a Social Security payment plan so that everyone who gets money from the program can see exactly when their payments are due. Based on this plan, SSI recipients will get their last four Social Security checks of the year on these dates:
| SSI payments | SSI payment dates | Advanced SSI payment |
| September | – | – |
| October | October 1st | – |
| November | November 1st | November 29th (December 1st) |
| December | – | December 31st (January 1st) |
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