MILLIONS of Americans are set to receive a $841 direct payment that goes out in the mail on Thursday.
Supplemental Security Income recipients will also get a second payment of $914 on December 30, and even more if they live in 33 states sending a bonus before Christmas.
Thursday's payment is the final $841 check SSI recipients will get.
The $914 is the January payment, given at the end of December, which reflects the COLA increase for 2023.
Recipients will start getting up to $914 in payments for 2023.
SSI recipients are getting two December payments because January 1, 2023 payment falls on a Sunday and it's a holiday.
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December 30 is the closest business day to typical payment date.
SSI is a governmental program for needy persons aged 65 or older, blind or disabled adults, and blind or disabled children.
Eligibility requirements and federal payment standards are the same.
There are strict qualifications, including asset limits, in order to receive benefits.
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Single people can only keep $2,000 in assets, and couples can only keep $3,000.
You can also own home you live in and the land it is on; a car; burial fund up to $1,500; and $100,000 in a ABLE account.
Many states acknowledge this is not enough to live on, so they issue supplemental payments.
In the following states, Social Security pays some of a state supplement payments, while the state pays the rest:
- California
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Washington, DC
These states offer direct supplemental payments, without help from the federal government:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Beneficiaries should be aware that paper checks come on the fourth of every month.
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Social Security payments get paid on the third of the month.
You can receive both SSI and Social Security.
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