Supplemental Security Income

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U.S. federal income support program means-tested benefit program social welfare program

Supplemental Security Income is a U.S. federal needs-based program that provides monthly cash benefits to low-income individuals who are aged, blind, or disabled.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Supplemental Security Income program 1
Title II – Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled 1
Title II—Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal income support program ⓘ
means-tested benefit program ⓘ
social welfare program ⓘ
administeredBy Social Security Administration ⓘ
administeredThrough local Social Security field offices ⓘ
ageDefinitionForChild under age 18 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SSI ⓘ
applicationMethod in-person application ⓘ
online disability application (partial) ⓘ
telephone application ⓘ
benefitAdjustment indexed to cost-of-living increases ⓘ
benefitPurpose help pay for clothing ⓘ
help pay for food ⓘ
help pay for shelter ⓘ
benefitType monthly cash payment ⓘ
benefitVariationFactor countable income ⓘ
living arrangements ⓘ
state of residence ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
differentFrom Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ
disabilityStandardForAdults inability to engage in substantial gainful activity ⓘ
disabilityStandardForChildren marked and severe functional limitations ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion U.S. citizenship or certain noncitizen status ⓘ
age 65 or older, or blindness, or disability ⓘ
limited income ⓘ
limited resources ⓘ
residency in the United States ⓘ
fundedBy general tax revenues ⓘ
incomeCounted earned income ⓘ
unearned income ⓘ
isMeansTested true ⓘ
legalBasis Title XVI of the Social Security Act ⓘ
mayAffectEligibility in-kind support and maintenance ⓘ
mayBeSupplementsBy state supplementary payments ⓘ
notFundedBy Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes ⓘ
surface form: Social Security payroll taxes
overseenBy United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Congress
paysTo eligible adults ⓘ
eligible children with disabilities ⓘ
programType needs-based cash assistance ⓘ
provides basic income support for necessities ⓘ
federal cash benefit ⓘ
relatedTo Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ
replaced state-run adult assistance programs ⓘ
resourceLimit low personal assets threshold ⓘ
startYear 1974 ⓘ
subjectTo federal income and resource rules ⓘ
targetPopulation aged individuals ⓘ
blind individuals ⓘ
disabled individuals ⓘ
low-income individuals ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PRWORA → affectedProgram → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
Social Security Act amendments → affects → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
PRWORA → containsTitle → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title II – Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled
Social Security Act amendments → createdProgram → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supplemental Security Income program
Social Security Amendments of 1972 → createsProgram → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
Social Security Disability Insurance → differentFrom → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
Social Security Amendments of 1972 → establishes → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
United States Social Security system → excludesProgram → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
Lifeline program → federalAssistanceProgramLink → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
SSI → fullName → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title II—Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled
Social Security Amendments of 1972 → relatedProgram → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
United States Social Security system → relatedProgram → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
Social Security Disability Insurance → relatedTo → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
SSA → responsibleFor → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
Social Security Administration → responsibleFor → Supplemental Security Income ⓘ