Social Security recipients receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits will receive a check on December 1st and another check for January 2026 on December 31st.
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Those who received the Supplemental Securities Income Check will receive two checks during December.
According to the Social Security Administration’s calendar, December SSI payments are scheduled to be made on Monday, Dec. 1. The January 2026 check will then be issued on December 31st.
SSI payments are typically issued on the first of the month, but if the first of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, such as in January (January 1 is New Year’s Day), payments will be issued earlier.
A similar situation occurred in October, and because November 1st fell on a Saturday, SSI recipients received payments on October 1st and October 31st. According to SSA’s calendar, August 1st is a Saturday, so this situation won’t happen again until July 2026, when recipients will receive checks on July 1st and July 31st.
When will my December SSI payment be sent? See the full 2026 payment schedule
SSI beneficiaries will receive two checks in December. That’s because January 1, 2026 is New Year’s Day.
According to the SSA calendar, SSI payment dates for the remainder of 2025 and 2026 are:
- Monday, December 1, 2025 (confirmed in December 2025)
- Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (confirmed for January 2026)
- Friday, January 30, 2026 (confirmed for February 2026)
- Friday, February 27, 2026 (check for March 2026)
- Wednesday, April 1, 2026 (confirmed in April 2026)
- Friday, May 1, 2026 (Please check May 2026)
- Monday, June 1, 2026 (confirmed in June 2026)
- Wednesday, July 1, 2026 (confirmed in July 2026)
- Friday, July 31, 2026 (Please check for August 2026)
- Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (confirmed in September 2026)
- Thursday, October 1, 2026 (confirmed in October 2026)
- Friday, October 30, 2026 (Please check for November 2026)
- Tuesday, December 1, 2026 (confirmed in December 2026)
What is SSI?
Administered by the Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provides benefits to people with limited or no income or assets, people age 65 and older, and people who are blind or have a qualifying disability. According to the SSA website, children with eligible disabilities are eligible to receive SSI. Approximately 7.4 million Americans currently receive monthly SSI payments, the agency said.
Adults who earn more than $2,019 per month from work are generally not eligible for benefits. About one-third of SSI recipients also receive Social Security benefits.
To see if you qualify for SSI, visit the Social Security website. You can also visit your local Social Security office in person or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. local time on weekdays.
Contributed by Fernando Cervantes Jr. and Mary Walrath-Holdridge of USA TODAY
Mike Snyder is a national trends news reporter for USA TODAY. You can follow him on Threads, Bluesky, and X, and email him at: mike snyder & @mikegsnider.bsky.social & @mikesnider & msnider@usatoday.com
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