April 20, 2026, 5:06 a.m. ET
The third and ultimate wave of Social Security funds for April is scheduled to be distributed this week, following a traditional schedule.
Social Security advantages – paid largely to recipients who’re older or retired – are sometimes scheduled to go out on Wednesdays.
On the opposite hand, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a program benefitting these with restricted or no revenue or assets, these aged 65 or older and people who are blind or have a qualifying incapacity. Children with a qualifying incapacity are additionally eligible for SSI, in accordance to the SSA website.
Here’s what you want to learn about this week’s Social Security funds.
Who will get their Social Security payment this week?
Beneficiaries who had been born between the twenty first and the final day of their beginning month are set to obtain their month-to-month Social Security profit on Wednesday, April 22, in accordance to the SSA’s payment calendar.
When are Social Security funds sent?
Social Security benefits – primarily paid to recipients who’re older or retired – are sometimes paid on Wednesdays.
If a recipient’s birthdate is between the primary and tenth of the month, they’re often issued funds on the second Wednesday of the payment month, according to the SSA’s calendar. Recipients born between the eleventh and twentieth are paid on the third Wednesday, and people born after the twentieth are paid on the fourth Wednesday.
For those that acquired Social Security earlier than May 1997, you possibly can anticipate your payment on the third day of the month, except it falls on a weekend or vacation
Individuals who obtain each Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can anticipate their Social Security payment on the third day of the month and their SSI payment on the primary day of the month.
Full 2026 Social Security payment calendar
SSI payment schedule for the rest of 2026
Recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks are sometimes issued funds on the primary enterprise day of the month. Payments for April went out on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
Here are the dates for SSI funds for 2026, in accordance to the SSA calendar:
- Friday, May 1, 2026 (Check for May 2026)
- Monday, June 1, 2026 (Check for June 2026)
- Wednesday, July 1, 2026 (Check for July 2026)
- Friday, July 31, 2026 (Check for August 2026)
- Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026 (Check for September 2026)
- Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026 (Check for October 2026)
- Friday, Oct. 30, 2026 (Check for November 2026)
- Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2026 (Check for December 2026)
- Friday, Dec. 31, 2026 (Check for January 2027)
USA TODAY’s Mike Snider contributed to this report.
Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending information reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and observe him on X @fern_cerv_.
