This month, beneficiaries of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program can again expect to receive an early payment of up to around $1,000 from the U.S.’s Social Security Administration.
What day will SSI recipients get an early check?
Recipients of SSI checks normally get their money on the first of each month, but this payment date is moved forward to the nearest working day if a month begins on a weekend day or a holiday.
As the first day in March 2025 is a Saturday, the nearly 7.5 million Americans who are signed up to the SSI scheme will be receiving next month’s check ahead of schedule – on Friday, February 28.
It will be third month in a row that SSI benefits have been issued early. Checks for January and February were also paid on the final day of the previous month, due to a combination of New Year’s Day being a holiday and the opening day of the current month falling on a Saturday.
The SSA’s regular SSI payment schedule will resume on Tuesday, April 1.
Check out the full Social Security payment timeline for 2025.
Who receives SSI benefits in the U.S.?
The SSI program is aimed at Americans with low income and resources who have a disability or blindness, or are over the age of 65.
Unlike other benefits schemes that are dependent on a recipient’s prior contributions to the Social Security fund, the SSI program is needs-based.
“General tax revenues, not Social Security taxes, fund SSI,” the SSA explains in its fact sheet on the program. “You do not need to have worked or paid Social Security taxes to qualify for SSI.”
How much do SSI beneficiaries receive?
Following the SSA’s implementation of the cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment for 2025, the maximum monthly SSI amount received by an eligible individual has risen to $967 per month.
Eligible couples now get increased joint payments of $1,450 a month, while an eligible essential person is now paid up to $484 per month.
As of December 2024, the 7.5 million SSI beneficiaries in the U.S. accounted for just under 10% of the nearly 76 million recipients of Social Security benefits nationwide.
The SSA’s other chief Social Security programs are aimed at retired workers, disabled workers and surviving family members of workers. The amounts received by these Americans do depend on how much they or their deceased relative has paid in Social Security taxes.
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