What is Supplemental Security Income?

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults who have little or no income or resources.

How does it impact me? You or someone you know probably relies on SSI to buy groceries, pay rent and pay utility bills. People who rely on SSI include:

Anyone who is:

• aged (age 65 or older);
• blind; or
• disabled.

And has limited:

• income; and resources.
• There are many additional restrictions. Read about them here.

In January several members of the House of Representatives introduced the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2024 (H.R. 7138).

The bill modernizes and improves SSI by streamlining the claiming process, increasing asset limits, setting the minimum benefit at 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, and eliminating punitive reductions in benefits. H. R. 7138 was sent to the House Ways and Means Committee on January 30, 2024.

Read the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2024: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7138/text

Find out Who sits on the House Ways and Means Committee here.

Find your elected officials here.

Write Letters to your elected officials and the Pennsylvania members of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Write your own letter or follow this sample. You can hand write or print and sign a typed letter.

Sample Letter

Dear Congressman _______,

 

I am writing to ask you to support the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2024.  As an adult with a disability, I am grateful for the monthly payment I receive, but it’s hard to make ends meet.  Over the years rate adjustments did not keep pace with inflation, creating a gap that widens each year.  An increase in benefits is desperately needed. 

 

Please help to increase the quality of life for people like me by voting to both increase benefit rates and reduce restrictions by supporting the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2024.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

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