SSI-- Reporting Responsibilities. You must report any of the changes listed below to us, because they may affect your eligibility for supplemental security income (SSI) and your benefit amount: change of address; change in living arrangements; change in earned and unearned income, including a change in wages or net earnings from self–employment, your spouse's income if you are married and living together, and parents income if applying for a child; change in resources including your spouse's resources, if you are married and living together, and parents resources if applying for a child; death of spouse or anyone in your household; change in marital status (including any same-sex relationships); change in citizenship or immigration status; change in help with living expenses from friends or relatives; eligibility for other benefits or payments; admission to or discharge from an institution (such as a hospital, nursing home, or a correctional institution such as prison, jail, detention center, boot camp, etc,);
SSI-- Overpayments. An overpayment is when you receive more money for a month than the amount you should have been paid. The amount of your overpayment is the difference between the amount you received and the amount due. our income is more than you estimated. Your living situation changes. Your marital status changes. You have more resources than the allowable limit. You are no longer disabled and continue to receive benefits. You do not report a change to us (on time or at all) as required. We incorrectly figure your benefits because of incorrect or incomplete information. We will send you a notice explaining the overpayment and asking for a full refund within 30 days. Propose to withhold the overpayment at the rate of the lesser of 10 percent of your total monthly income; state the month the proposed withholding will start; fully explain your appeal rights; explain how you can ask us to have the overpayment reviewed and waived, so you may not have to pay it back; and explain how you can appeal our decision.
SSI Expedited Payments. We can start payments more quickly than usual in four different types of situations: presumptive disability (PD) or presumptive blindness (PB) payment; emergency advance payment; immediate payment; and expedited reinstatement cases. If your claim is for Supplementary Security Income (SSI) benefits for disability or blindness, we may make PD or PB payments for up to 6 months while you are waiting for the Disability Determination Services (DDS) to make a final decision.
You may be eligible to receive SSI benefits right away on the basis of a PD or PB determination if you have one or more of the following medical conditions: amputation of a leg at the hip; allegation of total deafness; that is, no sound perception in either ear; allegation of total blindness; that is, no light perception in either eye; allegation of bed confinement and immobility without a wheelchair, walker, or crutches, due to a longstanding condition excluding recent accident and recent surgery; allegation of Down syndrome; SSI Notices and Letters.
A Social Security notice will have the following features: a heading that always includes the agency name, and usually the name of the Social Security program, and the type of notice for example: Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income Notice of Change in Payment a Social Security telephone number or address Notices are one of the main ways that we communicate with the public.
We also send administrative letters that may ask you to call or come into the office, or to send information or documents. Whenever we send you a notice, it is because there is something you should know or do about your claim, benefit status or benefit amount. For example, if you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and your living arrangement, income or resources change, you will receive a notice each time your benefit amount changes.
Our notices generally state the following: the purpose of the letter; any action we plan to take or determination we've made and the reason; SSI Rights & Responsibilites. Please visit or write any Social Security office, or phone our toll–free number at 1–800–772–1213. You can speak to a representative at the toll-free number between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on business days. Whenever you call, have your Social Security number handy. Spanish speaking representatives are also available to take your calls. Follow the instructions in Spanish to reach a Spanish speaking representative. Recorded information and services are available 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. If you contact the local office or call the 1–800 number service and you need an interpreter to communicate with us, we will provide one upon request, free of charge.
If you have a TTY machine, you may call our toll–free TTY number,1–800–325–0778, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on business days. We treat all calls confidentially––whether they're made to our toll–free numbers or to one of our local offices. SSI: Reporting earnings. SSI Spotlight on Living Arrangements. Supplemental Security Income.