First Half of $1,600 SSI Checks Going Out This Week

Blank U.S. Treasury checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

People who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are slated to get the first of two payments for September starting this week.

Normally, SSI payments are issued every month, but September is one of three months in 2022 where payments are issued twice in a single month, according to the Social Security Administration’s schedule (pdf). Some will get payments of up to $841 on Sept. 1 and Sept. 30, meaning $1,682 will be doled out this month.