Title: 
Headings: CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHILE RECEIVING  SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DISABILITY PAYMENTS
CLAIMING
 
UNEMPLOYMENT
 
BENEFITS
 
WHILE
 
RECEIVING
  
SOCIAL
 
SECURITY
 
ADMINISTRATION
 
DISABILITY
 
PAYMENTS

KEY
 
TAKEAWAYS

BACKGROUND
 
ON
 
UNEMPLOYMENT
 
ASSISTANCE
 
PROGRAMS

UNEMPLOYMENT
 
INSURANCE
 
(UI)

PARTIAL
 
UI

PANDEMIC
 
UNEMPLOYMENT
 
ASSISTANCE
 
(PUA)

FEDERAL
 
PANDEMIC
 
UNEMPLOYMENT
 
COM-
PENSATION
 
(FPUC)

INTERACTIONS
 
BETWEEN
 
UNEMPLOYMENT
 
ASSISTANCE
 
&
 
DISABILITY
 
BENEFITS

SUPPLEMENTAL
 
SECURITY
 
INCOME
 
(SSI)

SSI
 
is
 
a
 
federal
 
program
 
that
 
provides
 
a
 
modest
 

SSI
 
Encourages
 
Part-Time
 
Work
 

Unemployment
 
Benefits
 
May
 
Impact
 
SSI
 
Benefits
 
&
 
Eligibility

Parental
 
Receipt
 
of
 
UI
 
Can
 
Impact
 
Children’s
 
SSI
 
Payments

FPUC’s
 
Temporary
 
Boost
 
to
 
Unemployment
 
Benefits
 
Complicates
 
PUA
 
Interactions
 
with
 
SSI

Interactions
 
with
 
Medicaid

SOCIAL
 
SECURITY
 
DISABILITY
 
INSURANCE
 
(SSDI)

SSDI
 
provides
 
monthly
 
benefits
 
to
 
individuals
 
who
 
are
 

SSDI
 
Encourages
 
Part-Time
 
Work

SSDI
 
encourages
 
people
 
to
 
work
 
while
 
claiming
 

Unemployment
 
Benefits
 
Will
 
Not
 
Impact
 
SSDI
 
Benefits
 
or
 
Eligibility

State
 
Exceptions
UI:
 
Wisconsin
 
and
 
North
 
Carolina
 
do
 
not
 
allow
 
unem-

Interactions
 
with
 
Medicaid

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


Content: The
 
last
 
FPUC
 
payment
 
will
 
be
 
for
 
the
 
week
 
ending
 
on
 
Saturday,
 
July
 
25
 
for
 
all
 
states
 
but
 
New
 
York,
 
which
 
ends
 
the
 
relevant
 
week
 
on
 
Sunday,
 
July
 
26. The
 
DOL
 
has
 
clarified
 
that
 
individuals
 
receiving
 
any
 
amount
 
of
 
qualifying
 
unemployment
 
benefits
 
(for
 
example,
 
those
 
receiving
 
partial
 
UI
 
after
 
losing
 
a
 
part-time
 
job)
 
will
 
receive
 
the
 
full
 
$600. More
 
information
 
on
 
what
 
payments
 
or
 
services
 
do
 
not
 
count
 
as
 
income
 
for
 
the
 
SSI
 
program
 
can
 
be
 
found
 
here. 2
Unemployment
 
Benefits
 
May
 
Impact
 
SSI
 
Benefits
 
&
 
Eligibility
SSI
 
payments
 
are
 
impacted
 
by
 
a
 
recipient’s
 
countable
 
income:4
 
SSI
 
benefits
 
decrease
 
dollar-for-dollar
 
based
 
on
 
countable
 
income
 
and
 
may
 
be
 
unavailable
 
if
 
countable
 
income
 
is
 
over
 
the
 
allowable
 
limit. Unemployment
 
assistance
 
is
 
countable
 
income,
 
and
 
SSI
 
participants
 
must
 
report
 
UI
 
and
 
PUA
 
income
 
to
 
the
 
Social
 
Security
 
Administration
 
to
 
avoid
 
an
 
overpayment. Parental
 
Receipt
 
of
 
UI
 
Can
 
Impact
 
Children’s
 
SSI
 
Payments
Through
 
the
 
process
 
of
 
“deeming,”
 
a
 
portion
 
of
 
the
 
par-
ent’s
 
income
 
and
 
resources
 
is
 
treated
 
as
 
if
 
they
 
were
 
available
 
to
 
the
 
child,
 
thus
 
reducing
 
the
 
child’s
 
SSI
 
pay-
ment
 
amount. UI
 
is
 
one
 
of
 
the
 
types
 
of
 
income
 
that
 
will
 
be
 
considered,
 
so
 
as
 
the
 
UI
 
benefit
 
increases,
 
so
 
too
 
will
 
the
 
amount
 
of
 
deemed
 
income. In
 
most
 
states,
 
a
 
child
 
receiving
 
SSI
 
benefits
 
is
 
also
 
eligible
 
for
 
Medicaid. Increased
 
parental
 
income
 
could
 
jeopardize
 
this
 
eligi-
bility. The
 
Families
 
First
 
Act
 
includes
 
“maintenance
 
of
 
effort”
 
(MOE)
 
protections
 
that
 
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