Americans who receive Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, won’t get a payment throughout the calendar month of September — but there is not any cause for alarm.
September SSI payments were sent Friday resulting from a predetermined change within the schedule. After that, the subsequent SSI check will exit Oct. 1.
SSI is a Social Security program that supports low- and no-income Americans who do not have many resources and are disabled, blind or at the least 65 years old. As of July, about 7.4 million people were receiving SSI every month, per government records. The common payment was slightly below $696.
When does SSI exit in September 2024?
The Social Security Administration typically sends out SSI payments on the primary of each month. But in September 2024, the primary is a Sunday. When payment dates fall on weekends or holidays, the agency moves distribution to the previous business day: Friday, Aug. 30.
To be clear, beneficiaries still got paid the complete SSI amount for September — the particular date the funds dropped was just barely different than normal.
Something similar will occur in December and January. Dec. 1 is on a Sunday, too, so December SSI checks will likely be sent out the previous business day: Nov. 29. And since Jan. 1 is Latest Yr’s Day (a federal holiday), January SSI checks will likely be sent out on Dec. 31.
Social Security payment schedule for September
Individuals who get each SSI and Social Security advantages, in addition to those that began getting Social Security before May 1997, can expect their Social Security payments like normal on Tuesday (Sept. 3).
Should you don’t fall into any of those categories, you will be paid in line with the same old schedule in September. In case your birthday is between the primary and tenth, your check will come Sept. 11; in case your birthday is between the eleventh and twentieth, your check will come Sept. 18; and in case your birthday is between the twenty first and thirty first, your check will come Sept. 25.
SSI application updates
Scheduling quirks aren’t the one recent development involving SSI. The Social Security Administration announced last week that it’s planning to supply an improved, online SSI application to some people starting in December.
The thought is to make what’s a notoriously laborious, lengthy process quicker and easier.
“People in our communities who need this significant safety net deserve the dignity of an application process that’s less burdensome and more accessible than what we now have, and we’re committed to achieving that vision over the subsequent few years,” Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley said in a news release.
First-time, never-married applicants ages 18 to almost 65 who’re applying for Social Security advantages and SSI at the identical time will likely be the primary folks eligible to try the brand new system, formally called the “iClaim expansion.” The agency says it hopes to open it as much as everyone late next 12 months.
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