Supplemental Security Income Claims
Explained by Experienced SSI Lawyers

Supplemental Security Income may provide benefits for:

• Disabled people with low incomes and limited assets who have never worked or who have not worked long enough
• Blind people with low incomes and limited assets
• Disabled people who are age 65 or older with low incomes and limited assets
• Disabled children

Supplemental Security Income benefits may consist of cash payments, medical coverage, or a combination of both. SSI benefits are provided to help people meet basic needs such as food, clothing, and housing.

Eligibility depends upon your financial situation and whether you qualify under the appropriate Social Security Administration regulations. To be eligible for SSI benefits, an individual must currently reside in the United States or meet other specific residence criteria. Both American citizens and legal alien residents of the US are eligible to receive SSI.

Child's Supplemental Security Income

A child under the age of 18 will be considered disabled if he or she has a medically determinable physical or mental impairment or combination of impairments that causes marked and severe functional limitations, and that can be expected to cause death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

Benefits are payable to disabled children who have limited income and resources, or who come from homes with limited income and resources.