Social Security payment recipients will see boosted checks as early as December 2022. The Social Security increase was due to the cost-of-living adjustment of 8.7%.
Applicants for SNAP benefits, SSI payments, and SSDI payments may have an easier time after the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service collaborated with the Social Security Administration.
Millions of Americans may expect two SSI payments totaling up to $1,755 before December 31. Eligible retirees and survivors will get $841 in their first Social Security payment check on December 1, followed by an average of $914 in their second payment check on December 30.
SSI payments or Supplemental Security Income is a welfare scheme that is started under Social Security, which provides additional payments to those who suffer from any physical disability or who are aged 65 and above.
SSI payments recipients are scheduled to receive the first tranche of the two September payments in the coming weeks, with the payment scheme aiming to help those who are aged 65 and older, blind, and have disabilities with little to no income.