In 18 days, January’s Supplemental Security Income check will be sent out to eligible recipients, with the payments worth up to $943 for individual filers.

The Social Security Administration will issue SSI payments to eligible citizens on Dec. 31.

The program gives payments to those living with debilitating disabilities, which may affect their income.

The amount the SSI checks are worth for beneficiaries depends on their status, with individuals getting monthly $914 payments and eligible couples receiving $1,415 payments per month. Essential persons, people who live with someone receiving SSI and provide them with necessary care, get monthly payments of $472 from the program.

This requirement for recipients to get their checks by the first of the month means when the first day of a month falls on a weekend or a holiday, the SSA issues SSI checks the business day prior. Since Jan. 1, New Year’s Day is a federal holiday, the payments will be issued the day before.

In 2025, there will be five instances after January’s payment where recipients will get their payments earlier due to this rule. The February, March, June, September, and November payments will be issued earlier than the first of those respective months to ensure recipients have their SSI payments by the start of those months.

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The first SSI payments were sent out to recipients by the SSA in January 1974, with payment rates adjusted in line with the cost of living since 1975, per the SSA. SSI checks are different from other payments sent out by the SSA.

Regular Social Security payments, mainly for retirees, are issued on a different schedule each month from SSI payments and depend on the recipient’s day of birth. Those checks are sent in three waves each month.