Social Security update: February direct payment worth $943 goes out in 12 days

Published January 20, 2024 6:30am ET



The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in a little under two weeks.

The payment will be released on Thursday, Feb. 1, and it marks the first check of 2024 because no payment was issued in January because of a scheduling quirk in the Social Security Administration’s calendar. Recipients were given two payments in December instead. 

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