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You May Be Able To

Get SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI)

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You May Be Able ToGet SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI)

What is SSI?

Supplemental Security Income(SSI) is a ederal program thatprovides monthly payments to peoplewho have limited income and ewresources. SSI is or elderly people,

as well as blind or disabled peopleo any age, including children.

To get SSI, you must:

Be age 65 or older;

Be totally or partially blind; or Have a medical condition that keeps

you rom working and is expected tolast at least one year or result in death.

There are dierent rules or children.For more inormation, ask or BeneftsFor Children With Disabilities(Publication No. 05-10026).

How much can you get?

The basic monthly SSI payment or2013 is the same nationwide. It is:

$710 or one person; or

$1,066 or a couple.

Not everyone gets the same amount.You may get more i you live in astate that adds money to the ederalSSI payment. You may receive less

i you or your amily have other

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income. Where and with whom youlive also makes a dierence in theamount o your SSI payment.

How do you qualiy or SSI?

Your incomeYour income includes the moneyyou earn, your Social Security benefts,your pensions and the value o itemsyou get rom someone else, such as

ood and shelter.Where you live aects the amount

o income you can have each monthand still get SSI. Dierent states havedierent rules.

Things you ownYou may be able to get SSI i your

resources (the things you own) are worth

no more than $2,000 or a person or$3,000 or a couple. We do not counteverything you own when we decidei you can get SSI. For example, we donot count a house you own i you live

in it, and we usually do not count yourcar. We do count cash, bank accounts,stocks, and bonds.

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You must be a U.S. resident

You must live in the United States orNorthern Mariana Islands to get SSI. Iyou are not a U.S. citizen, but you arelawully residing in the United States,you still may be able to get SSI. For

more inormation, ask or SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI) For Noncitizens(Publication No. 05-11051).

Other benefts

To receive SSI, you also must applyor any other cash benefts you may beable to get. I you get SSI, you usuallycan get benefts rom the SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

and Medicaid, too. Medicaid helps paydoctor and hospital bills, and SNAPhelps pay or ood.

How do you apply or SSI?

Contact us to set up an appointmentto apply or SSI at your local SocialSecurity ofce.

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Contacting Social Security

For more inormation and to fndcopies o our publications, visit ourwebsite at www.socialsecurity.govorcall toll-ree, 1-800-772-1213 (or thedea or hard o hearing, call our TTY

number, 1-800-325-0778). We treat allcalls confdentially. We can answerspecifc questions rom 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.,Monday through Friday. Generally,youll have a shorter wait time i you

call during the week ater Tuesday. Wecan provide inormation by automatedphone service 24 hours a day.

We also want to make sure youreceive accurate and courteous service.That is why we have a second SocialSecurity representative monitor sometelephone calls.

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Social Security AdministrationSSA Publication No. 05-11069ICN 480390Unit o Issue - HD (one hundred)January 2013 (Recycle prior editions)

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