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SSI

SSI

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A US government program that gives monthly payments to low-income people who are old, blind, or disabled
  • noun
  • /ˌɛsˌɛsˈaɪ/
  • US
translation icon : SSI
  • Many elderly individuals depend on SSI to help cover their living expenses each month.
  • SSI (Supplemental Security Income)
  • SSI recipients
  • SSI benefits

I'm currently like in the process of applying for SSI for disability because they do have autism spectrum disorder.

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Examples

  • Many means-tested programs, such as SSI and the EITC, provide cash to recipients.

    Blog text (21)

  • The patient was receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid and had a Community Support System (CSS) case manager.

    Academic text (1994)

  • So these enormous costs for SSI and welfare and for what we would call indirect costs in young people, this is a huge social problem.

    Stanford

  • Looking first at all poor women, it appears that receipt of SSI is fairly distributed.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Otherwise, nearly half a million elderly and disabled legal immigrants will lose their SSI benefits.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Raising the SSI benefit level would also markedly reduce poverty in future years.

    Academic text (1990)

  • By 1995, slightly more than half of the SSI benefits provided to elderly people were being collected by noncitizens.

    Academic text (1997)

  • I'm currently like in the process of applying for SSI for disability because they do have autism spectrum disorder.

    The Financial Diet

  • The continuum of benefits/programs includes Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicaid, Title XX, and Food Stamps.

    Academic text (1991)

  • After losing her job, she applied for SSI because her disability made it difficult to find work.

Surface Forms

SSI singular
SSIs plural

Etymology

The abbreviation SSI stands for Supplemental Security Income, where supplemental means 'extra', security means 'help or protection', and income means 'money'. So in the United States SSI is extra government money to help older, blind, or disabled people with low income.