When do i get ssi

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In the meantime, please feel free to search for ways to make a difference in your community at www. Javascript must be enabled to use this site. Please enable Javascript in your browser and try again. Now Reading:. SSI eligibility also is reviewed for other reasons, such as a return to work, increased wages, or completion of vocational rehabilitation training.

Working people with disabilities experience disproportionate job loss, compared to workers without disabilities, during economic downturns, 39 and SSI applications generally increase when the unemployment rate increases Figure 7. This trend held during the Great Recession and subsequent economic recovery. Unemployment Rates, SSDI applications in these projections.

The pandemic has presented additional challenges that have not been present during other economic downturns. For example, the need for social distancing measures has closed SSA offices to the public since mid-March SSI enrollment remained relatively stable in the early months of the pandemic but began to decrease as the pandemic continued. Then, beginning in , annual SSI enrollment has declined slightly each year.

The overall decrease in enrollment from April to April is consistent with the general recent trend of annual SSI enrollment declines since Because SSI eligibility generally is a pathway for Medicaid eligibility, changes that make it more difficult to obtain or retain SSI can affect the ability of people with disabilities to access Medicaid.

For example, in January , the Biden Administration withdrew a notice of proposed rule-making issued by the Trump Administration that would have increased the number and frequency of continuing disability reviews and was expected to result in some people losing SSI eligibility.

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