As September comes, some people who get regular Social Security checks will not get them. This is especially true for people who get Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Because of a planned change in the schedule, SSI funds for September were sent out on Friday. After that, the SSI check for October 1st will be sent.
As a member of Social Security, SSI helps Americans who are blind, disabled, or at least 65 years old and don’t have a lot of resources but have little or no income. According to government figures, 7.4 million people were getting SSI benefits every month in July. The average amount they got each month was $696.
SSI beneficiaries won’t receive their regular Social Security check in September
SSI payments are usually sent out by the Social Security Administration on the first of every month. The first one, though, is on a Sunday in September 2024. If the due dates fall on a weekend or holiday, the agency will send the money out on Friday, August 30, which is the previous working day.
So there wouldn’t be any confusion, SSI recipients kept getting their whole September benefit; the day the payments were put back was just a little different from normal.
This will happen again in December and January, too, because December 1st and January 1st fall on weekends or holidays. The event is moved to the business day before, which in this case is November 29th and December 31st.
The Social Security check payment plan for September 3 also says that people who get both Social Security and SSI benefits and people who started getting Social Security benefits before May 1997 should get their benefits as usual. You will still get your benefits in September if you don’t fit into either of these groups.
If your birthday is between January 1 and September 10, your Social Security check will arrive on September 11. If your birthday is between September 11 and September 20, it will arrive on September 18. If it happens between September 21 and September 30, it will arrive on September 25.
How much money will beneficiaries receive in their Social Security check payments this month?
The Social Security Administration sends out different amounts of money every month depending on things like the person’s full retirement age, their working history, the amount of Social Security they have paid in, their income and resources for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and the type of disability they have for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Here are the latest amounts of Social Security checks that beneficiaries can get, based on the programme they are eligible for:
| Social Security payments | Retirement benefits | Survivors benefits | Disability benefits | SSI benefits |
| On average | $1,900 | $1,505 | $1,537 | $698 |
| Other payments | Age 62: $2,710
Age 67: $3,822 Age 70: $4,873 |
Individual: $1,773
2 Children: $3,653 |
Blind recipients: $2,590
Maximum payment: $3,822 |
Individuals: $943
Couples: $1,415 Essential person: $472 |
Not everything that has happened recently with SSI has to do with changing the schedule. This week, the Social Security Administration announced that starting in December, it will offer some people a better online SSI application. The goal is to speed up and make easier what is usually a long and difficult process.
The head of Social Security, Martin O’Malley, said in a press release that “the SSA is committed to achieving that vision over the next few years.” People in our communities who count on this important safety nett deserve an application process that is easier to understand and less complex than the one we have now.
Also, the new method, which is officially called the “iClaim expansion,” will be opened to first-time, single applicants between the ages of 18 and almost 65 who are applying for both Social Security and SSI at the same time. The group says it wants to be open to everyone by the end of next year.