- What is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program?
- Who administers the SSI program?
- Purpose and Basic Principles
- Where does the SSI program operate?
- When are SSI benefits paid?
- How are SSI benefits financed?
- State Supplementation of Basic SSI Benefits
- Medicaid
- Food Stamps
- Were you eligible for assistance under a Federal/State matching grant program for the aged, blind, or disabled in December 1973?
- SSI Definitions
- What are the general eligibility requirements for SSI?
- What are the categories of eligibility?
- Eligibility Criteria Based on Need
- What are other requirements for SSI eligibility?
- Citizenship/Alien Status
- Absence from the United States
- Filing for Other Benefits
- Are fugitive felons eligible for SSI?
- Are probation and parole violators eligible for SSI?
- Institutionalization
- Marriage
- Eligible Couples
- Eligibility Under More Than One Category
- Continuing Eligibility
- Recipient Reporting Requirements
- Fraud
- How does income affect SSI benefits?
- How is income defined for SSI purposes?
- What is NOT income for SSI purposes?
- Countable Income
- How Income is Counted
- When Income is Counted
- What is earned income?
- What are the earned income exclusions?
- What is "unearned income"?
- What are the unearned income exclusions?
- Assistance Related to Disasters
- Can home energy or support and maintenance assistance be excluded from income?
- In-Kind Income
- What is "in-kind support and maintenance"?
- Valuation of In-kind Support and Maintenance
- One-Third Reduction Rule
- Presumed Maximum Value Rule
- Temporary Absences and In-kind Support and Maintenance
- Acting as an "Agent"
- Tables of Federal Benefit Rates, One-third Reduction Values, and Presumed Maximum Values
- Role of Resources
- What is considered a resource for SSI purposes?
- Liquid and Non-liquid Resources
- What is NOT considered a resource?
- Ownership of Resources
- Countable Resources
- How Resources are Valued
- When are resources valued?
- What are the resource exclusions?
- Exclusion of an Automobile or Other Vehicle
- Is property needed for self-support excluded from resources?
- Life Insurance
- Do burial spaces count as resources?
- Burial Funds
- Resources Affected by a Disaster
- Real Property that Cannot be Sold
- Conditional Payments Despite Excess Resources
- Is your SSI eligibility affected if you dispose of a resource below its market value?
- What are the statutory resources limits?
- Deeming of Income and Resources
- Deeming from an Ineligible Spouse to an Eligible Individual
- Deeming from a Parent to a Child Under Age 18
- Deeming from a Sponsor to an Alien
- Deeming from an Essential Person to an Eligible Qualified Individual
- Special Provisions for Converted Recipients
- What is the purpose of work incentives for the blind and disabled?
- Continued Benefits for Participants in a Program of Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment, Training, or Other Support Service
- Impairment-Related Work Expenses
- Work Expenses of the Blind
- Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)
- Special Cash Benefits to Disabled Individuals Who Engage in SGA
- Medicaid While Working
- What is the Federal SSI payment amount?
- State Supplementary Payments
- Computation of Payments
- Retrospective Monthly Accounting
- Proration of SSI Payments
- Windfall Offset
- Interim Assistance Reimbursement
- Direct Field Office Payments
- Presumptive Blindness/Presumptive Disability Payments
- Initial Determinations
- What administrative actions are NOT initial determinations?
- How does the appeals process work?
- Reconsideration
- Hearing
- Appeals Council Review
- What is the time limit for filing for civil action in a Federal District Court?
- Can the time limit for filing an appeal or hearing be extended?
- Reopening Determinations/Decisions Under the Rules of Administrative Finality
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lost ssi card
please instruct me on how to apply for replacement ssi card which is lost,
thanks
alex
Changes to be made
There should be a page set up for clients to go in and make changes if need be
I'm trying to change my location of the direct deposit
I have a new account
Can't get through on the phone, while waiting someone comes on asking questions saying hit this button ...just a mess
Why can't things be made simplier were in the 21st century
Automation is not the thing for this type of business
Thank you, Hope things change
Changing Direct Deposit Account Number
Please note that we're independent of the US Social Security Administration. To change your direct deposit account number, the ssa.gov site says :
If you move your account, call Social Security's toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778), and a Social Security representative will change your direct deposit information.
ssi information
I've been trying to get in touch with SSI, I can not get through. Something has to be done about this. I'm desperate for some answers for myself, I can just imagine how other people feel. All of my SDI and Insurance has been canceled. no income at all. What can I do????
Suggestions
Please note we are not affiliated with the government agency. However, some suggestions :
Visit your local Social Security office. Use our office locator : http://socialsecurityhop.com/social-security-office-finder
Apply or check status online : http://www.ssa.gov/onlineservices/
children thru divorce
My ex-husband receives SSI benefits, but I have heard fromother people that our girls are intitled to a certain amount each month also...Is this true
Try the BEST Tool
Try the Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST) here :
http://connections.govbenefits.gov/ssa_en.portal
Can people recieving SSI get married
Just want to know If my boyfriend takes care of me because my disability.He chose to come every other day to take care of me sometimes he goes home late,I actually would like to know If I can marry him even thought he's not working.
I just want to live the little of life God Is giving me with Him.
would my SSI be taken away?
Sad in Brooklyn
Marriage and SSI benefits
Marriage may affect your SSI benefits. Here is an excerpt from this paper :
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/issuepapers/ip2003-01.pdf