In 26 days, Supplemental Security Income checks for March, worth up to $967 for individual filers, will be sent to eligible recipients.

On Feb. 28, the Social Security Administration will issue SSI payments to eligible citizens, in accordance with the agency’s mandate that recipients must get these benefits by the first day of each month.

The amount SSI checks are worth depends on a beneficiary’s status. Individuals get $967, and eligible couples receivie $1,450 payments per month. Essential persons, people who live with someone receiving SSI and provide them with necessary care, get monthly payments of $484 from the program.

The requirement that recipients get their checks by the first of the month means that when the first day of a month falls on a weekend or a holiday, the Social Security Administration issues SSI checks the business day prior. With March 1 being a Saturday, the payments will be issued the day before.

In 2025, beneficiaries will receive their payments earlier in three instances after the March payment due to this rule. The payments for June, September, and November will be issued earlier than the first of those months to ensure recipients have their SSI payments by the start of those months.

The program, run out of the Social Security Administration, gives payments to those living with debilitating disabilities which may affect their income.

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The Social Security Administration sent the first SSI payments to recipients in January 1974, and payment rates have been adjusted in line with the cost of living since 1975, per the SSA. Supplemental Security Income checks are different from other payments sent out by the Social Security Administration.

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