{"id":2570527,"date":"2026-02-17T08:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-social-security-direct-payment-worth-994-goes-out-in-10-days\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:05:02","slug":"march-social-security-direct-payment-worth-994-goes-out-in-10-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-social-security-direct-payment-worth-994-goes-out-in-10-days\/","title":{"rendered":"March Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 10 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarch-social-security-direct-payment-worth-994-goes-out-in-10-days%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article explains that March 2026 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments, which can be up to $994 for individuals (with higher amounts for couples or caregivers), will be issued in 10 days. Because march 1 falls on a Sunday this year, the payments will go out on February 27; when the first of the month is on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued on the last business day of the previous month. SSI benefits are for peopel with limited income who are blind, 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount recipients receive depends on several factors, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >examples showing individual filers<\/a> up to $994, couples up to $1,491, and caregivers up to $498. In addition to these prerequisites,recipients must be U.S.citizens or eligible noncitizens, live in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or the Northern Mariana Islands, and must not be absent from the United States for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/august-social-security-direct-payment-worth-967-goes-out-in-24-days-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"August Social Security direct payment worth 7 goes out in 24 days - Washington Examiner\">full calendar month<\/a> or 30 consecutive days. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-addresses-world-leaders-at-davos-summit\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses world leaders at Davos summit\">notes related stories<\/a> and links to official SSA resources for a full calendar of payments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">March Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 10 days<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2502361\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The March 2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supplemental-security-income\/\">Supplemental Security Income<\/a> payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March&rsquo;s payment will go out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued on the last business day of the previous month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4455196\/second-round-of-february-social-security-payments-out-in-one-day\/\">Second round of February Social Security payments goes out in one day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4457961\/republicans-dont-want-hear-trump-state-of-union\/\">What Republicans do, and don&rsquo;t, want to hear from Trump at State of the Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4457870\/texas-early-voting-competitive-primary-races\/\">Texas opens early voting for competitive primary races<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Beneficiaries are people with limited income who are either blind, aged 65 and older, or have a qualifying disability.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/december-social-security-direct-payment-worth-967-goes-out-in-20-days\/\" title=\"December Social Security direct payment worth 7 goes out in 20 days\">amount beneficiaries receive varies based<\/a> on several factors, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/oact\/cola\/SSI.html\">including the number of people filing<\/a>. For example, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/oact\/cola\/SSI.html\">individual filers can receive up to $994<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-biden-democrats-to-further-limit-who-gets-1400-stimulus-checks-under-new-deal-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden, Democrats To Further Limit Who Gets ,400 Stimulus Checks Under New Deal, Report Says\">couples filing jointly<\/a> can receive $1,491, and those providing essential care to SSI recipients can receive up to $498.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/ssi\/text-over-ussi.htm\">the previous prerequisites for receiving SSI payments<\/a>, recipients must also be U.S. citizens or noncitizens in one of the alien classifications granted by the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/4454935\/qatar-china-top-foreign-spenders-american-universities\/\"><strong>QATAR AND CHINA REVEALED AS TOP FOREIGN SPENDERS ON AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, recipients must live in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or the Northern Mariana Islands, and must not be absent from the United States for a full calendar month or 30 consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/pubs\/EN-05-10031-2026.pdf\">A full calendar<\/a> for the Social Security Administration payments can be viewed on the agency&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSI $994 issued Feb 27 because March 1 is Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2570528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Social-Security-money-13-3.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[73919,73918,33346,73920,33104],"class_list":["post-2570527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-10-days","tag-994-dollars-2","tag-direct-payment","tag-march-benefits","tag-social-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Social-Security-money-13-3.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570531,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570527\/revisions\/2570531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}