Social Security Is Simplifying Supplemental Security Income Applications

The process will be available to certain applicants ages 18 to 65 in the initial phase beginning December.
Social Security Is Simplifying Supplemental Security Income Applications
A Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury in Washington on Oct. 14, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a new multiyear initiative to simplify how people apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) by offering a streamlined online application process.

The SSA’s iClaim portal allows people to apply for various Social Security benefits online. The new initiative “aims to establish a fully online, simplified iClaim application that leverages user-tested, plain-language questions, prepopulated answers where possible, seamless step-by-step transitions, and more,” the agency said in an Aug. 27 statement.
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