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You May Be Able

To Get SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI)

2008



You May Be AbleTo Get SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI)

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What is SSI?

SSI, or Supplemental Security Income,is a ederal program that providesmonthly payments to people who donot have much income or own manythings. SSI is or elderly people, as well

as blind or disabled people o any age,including children.

To get SSI, you must:

Be 65 or older; or•

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 or

2008 is the same nationwide. It is:

$637 or one person; or—

$956 or a couple.—Not everyone gets the same amount.You may get more i you live in a statethat adds money to the ederal SSI pay-ment. Or you may get less i you or your

amily have other income. Where and

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with whom you live can determine iyou qualiy or SSI and make a dier-

ence in the amount o your SSI payment.

How do you qualify for SSI?

Your incomeYour income includes the money you

earn, your Social Security benefts, yourpensions and the value o items you getrom 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 have

dierent rules.Things you own

You may be able to get SSI i yourresources (the things you own) are

worth no more than $2,000 or a personor $3,000 or a couple. We do not counteverything you own when we decide iyou can get SSI. For example, we do notcount your home, and we usually do

not count your car. We do count cash,bank accounts, stocks and bonds.

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You must be a U.S. residentYou must live in the United States

or Northern Mariana Islands to get SSI.I you are not a U.S. citizen, but youare a resident, you still may be able toget SSI. For more inormation, ask or

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) ForNoncitizens (Publication No. 05-11051).

Other benefts

To get SSI, you also must apply or

any other cash benefts you may beable to get. I you get SSI, you usuallycan get ood stamps and Medicaid, too.Medicaid helps pay doctor and hospitalbills, and ood stamps help pay or ood.

How do you apply for SSI?

Contact us to set up an appointmentto apply or SSI at your local Social

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Contacting Social Security

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

TTY number, 1-800-325-0778). We cananswer specifc questions rom 7 a.m.to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Wecan provide inormation by automatedphone service 24 hours a day.

We treat all calls confdentially. Wealso want to make sure you receive accu-rate and courteous service. That is whywe have a second Social Security repre-

sentative monitor some telephone calls.

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Social Security AdministrationSSA Publication No. 05-11069ICN 480390Unit o Issue - HD (one hundred)January 2008 (Destroy prior editions)

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