The Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment programs, or SSI/SSP for short, provide income support for eligible individuals in the form of cash assistance. Established in 1974, the programs help older adults with low incomes and people with disabilities pay for housing and other necessities.
Who is eligible for SSI/SSP?
Eligible Californians are low-income adults who are 65 or older, blind, or disabled. Some blind or disabled children are also eligible for SSI benefits. Benefits include monthly payments that help well over 1 million Californians.
SSI is a federally funded program, while the SSP program is California’s own program that supplements the SSI grant. Both are administered by the Social Security Administration.
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