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If you get a second Social Security check in May, don’t worry: It’s intentional. 

The Social Security Administration will be sending out the June Supplemental Security Income payments early, to arrive in recipients’ mailboxes by the end of May.

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This year, June 1 falls on a Sunday, which means families who use those SSI checks to pay monthly bills would be late on those payments due the first of each month. So, the SSA sends them out early.

“We do this to avoid putting you at a financial disadvantage and make sure that you don’t have to wait beyond the first of the month to get your payment,” the SSA says on its website.

That will be true, too, in October, as Nov. 1 falls on a Saturday. It’s also the case when the first of the month falls on a federal holiday, as it does every year on Jan. 1. Next year, the first day of February, March and August all fall on Saturdays or Sundays, according to the SSI benefit calendar.

Couples who are eligible for SSI payments will receive $1,450 per month in 2025, or $17,404.87 for the year, a 2.5 percent cost of living increase from 2024. Eligible individuals will receive $967 per month or $11,604.53 for the year. Someone who lives with an SSI beneficiary and provides essential care to that individual can receive $484 per month or $5,815.57 for the year. 

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As of March, 66,076 people in Connecticut received SSI benefits, 57,450 of whom were listed as disabled. The remaining 7,885 receive SSI benefits due to age. The average monthly payment in Connecticut was $680.03, as of Jan. 2024.