Social Security update: Direct payment worth $914 arrives in 17 days
Brady Knox
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Recipients of the Supplemental Security Income program are due to receive their checks, worth up to $914 for individual filers, in 17 days.
The payment, which will be sent out on June 1, is the first of two for June, with the second falling on June 30. There is some variation in the amount received; individual filers, joint filers, and essential persons receive different amounts.
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Individual filers receive $914 each month, eligible couples receive $1,371, and essential persons, who live with dependents receiving SSI payments and provide them with necessary care, get a monthly payment of $458, according to the Social Security Administration.
SSI payments are given on top of regular Social Security benefits. It provides monthly payments to adults and children with blindness or another disability and limited income. To qualify for SSI, a person has to be over 65, be totally or partially blind, or have a “physical or mental condition(s) that very seriously limits their daily activities for a period of 12 months or more or may be expected to result in death.”
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Twelve SSI payments are sent out per year, but due to the placement of holidays, some months see two payments while others receive none at all. June is one such month recipients will receive two payments.
Created in 1974, the SSI program seeks to provide extra assistance to society’s most vulnerable, including the old, blind, and disabled. The program was intended to provide an income floor, which state assistance programs would further supplement. The program was historic in that it shifted responsibility for determining who received assistance from the states to the federal government, according to a 2011 annual report.