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Federal Supplemental Security Income for Children with Disabilities

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About this dataset:

The federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program assists low-income individuals who are living with a disability, or 65 years old or older. SSI benefits are also available to qualified children with severe disabilities. The federal SSI program has been in effect since the 1970s and has seen substantial growth in the number of child recipients over time. SSI is the only federal monthly cash benefit directed toward families caring for children with disabilities, and is available only for the lowest-income and most severely impaired children. SSI is meant to assist with the high financial and time-based costs for families caring for a child with severe disabilities.

This page identifies and displays key features of the federal Supplement Security Income program, with a focus on children with disabilities that were in effect beginning January 1, 1996 and November 1, 2018.  

This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number NU38OT000141 awarded to ChangeLab Solutions and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.

Cited By

Changing Stays? Duration of Supplemental Security Income Participation by First-Time Child Awardees and the Role of Continuing Disability Reviews

Social Security Bulletin
Changing Stays? Duration of Supplemental Security Income Participation by First-Time Child Awardees and the Role of Continuing Disability Reviews
J Hemmeter, M Levere, P Singh, DC Wittenburg
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Hemmeter

Dataset Created by
Center for Public Health Law Research and CDC Staff

Dataset Maintained by
Center for Public Health Law Research

Dataset Valid From
January 1, 1996

Dataset Updated Through
November 1, 2018

Total Jurisdictions Covered
51

Cite this dataset

Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research (2018, November 1). Federal Supplemental Security Income for Children with Disabilities. LawAtlas.org. LawAtlas.org/datasets/supplemental-security-income-for-children-with-disabilities-1540845067

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Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research (November 1, 2018). “Federal Supplemental Security Income for Children with Disabilities”. LawAtlas.org.
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