Social Security recipients who also get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks will receive three payments in November due to the way the SSI calendar works, including two checks on the first of the month.
The dates that Social Security checks are sent to people depend on their birthdays, with no checks being sent on holidays or weekends. Your birth date determines whether you get a Social Security payment on the second, third or fourth Wednesday of a given month.
SSI checks are normally sent out on the first business day of each month.
Usually, people who get both Social Security and SSI get the latter on the first day of each month and the former on the third day. Since Nov. 3 is a Sunday, dual recipients will get both of their checks on Nov. 1, and will then get a second SSI check on Friday, Nov. 29, because Dec. 1 is also a Sunday.
The January SSI checks will be sent on Dec. 31 since New Year’s Day is a holiday, the February checks will go out on Jan. 31 since Feb. 1 is a Saturday, and the March checks will go out on Feb. 28 since Mar. 1 is also a Saturday. No SSI checks will be sent out during March 2025 as a result.
“We do this to avoid putting you at a financial disadvantage and make sure that you don’t have to wait beyond the first of the month to get your payment. It does not mean that you are receiving a duplicate payment in the previous month, so you do not need to contact us to report the second payment,” the Social Security Administration explained in a 2022 post on its website.
As opposed to Social Security — which is funded by employment taxes and provided to eligible retirees, workers and families — SSI comes from general funding and goes to people with less resources who are 65 or older, blind, or have a qualifying disability. Children with qualifying disabilities can also receive SSI checks.
The income threshold for SSI eligibility is usually $1,971 a month or lower.
• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.
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