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Online Services, SSI February 20, 2025 • By Social Security Administration Reading Time: 1 Minute The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program provides monthly payments to people who are 65 and older, and to adults and children with disabilities who have low income and few resources. SSI is a critical program for veterans, people struggling with homelessness, mental illness, and other challenges.
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Disability, SSI February 27, 2025 • By Social Security Administration Reading Time: 2 Minutes Rare Disease Day is an annual international campaign held on the last day of February to advocate for people living with one of approximately 6,000 rare diseases. The goal of Rare Disease Day is to improve access to diagnosis, treatment, care, and opportunities for the 300 million people throughout the world with a rare disease.
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Social Security Benefits February 25, 2025 • By Social Security Administration Reading Time: 2 Minutes Today, the Social Security Administration announced it is immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).
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Online Services, Taxes January 30, 2025 • By Lizbeth Portalatin-Perez, Director for the Division of Strategic Communications Reading Time: 2 Minutes Tax season is here, and we’ve made replacing your annual Benefit Statement easier. There’s no need to wait on the phone or make an appointment to visit a Social Security office. The Social Security Benefit Statement is also known as the SSA-1099 or the SSA-1042S.
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Social Security Benefits, Survivors December 20, 2024 • By Nate Osburn, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Communications Reading Time: 2 Minutes We’ve released new resources to help prevent people from missing out on benefits they may be eligible to receive. We designed these easy-to-use toolkits to educate professionals and organizations about our programs for children and our benefits for families after the death of a loved one.
Social Security announces 2.5 percent benefit increase for 2025
Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5% in 2025, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $50 per month starting in January. Over the last decade the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase has averaged about 2.6%. The COLA was 3.2% in 2024.
Social Security Announces 2.5 Percent Benefit Increase for 2025
October 10, 2024 • By Reading Time: 2 Minutes Last Updated: October 10, 2024 Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5% in 2025, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $50 per month starting in January. Over the last decade the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase has averaged about 2.6%. The COLA was 3.2% in 2024.
Social Security Administration Announces New Efforts to Simplify SSI Applications
Today, the Social Security Administration announced a large step in a multi-year effort to simplify processes for people who are applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) by starting to offer an online, streamlined application for some applicants starting in December. SSI provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults who have little or no income and resources.
Focus, Activism Needed Now
On Oct. 15, I asked Joe Biden a question at his Philadelphia town hall about Amy Coney Barrett’s rushed Supreme Court confirmation process and the related concerns of LGBTQ Americans. Last week, Biden announced that he would form a bipartisan commission to study how to reform the court, a good first step in trying to address the issue I raised about the court’s long-term stability and balance.
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