Washington – The Social Security Administration said today that it will not be until the end of the month that beneficiaries of that program who have their payments administered by someone else will begin to receive the federal checks of $ 1,200 to mitigate the emergency caused by the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, Andrew Sau, head of the Social Security Administration, recalled that these payments for the beneficiaries of Puerto Rico are processed through the Department of the Treasury. They would be received at the beginning of June.
Payments should also begin to arrive at the end of the month to the beneficiaries in the territories of the Supplementary Social Income, funds that – in a limited way – are received on the Island through the aid program for elderly, blind and disabled adults ( AABD).
“The Social Security Administration has been working with the IRS to provide the necessary information about Social Security … While millions of our beneficiaries have already received their (checks) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), we continue to work hard for those beneficiaries waiting for their payment, ”said Sau.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Francisco Parés, indicated that “now the Social Security Administration is going to share the information with us so that we can pay directly without forcing these participants to file the form electronically. It is estimated that in June the Social Security Administration It is going to give us the information. It is programmed and it will be sent. Those who want to receive it sooner and can do so could use the nonfiler concept. “
The Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced, It has indicated that more than 569,000 families must have already received the federal check, which for the overwhelming majority of the island’s residents will represent at least $ 1,200.
Today we enthusiastically receive Social Security acceptance to share participant information with the @DeptHacienda. So we can disburse you the aid of $ 1,200 directly without them having to enter your data in SURI since June.
– Wanda Vázquez Garced (@wandavazquezg) May 15, 2020
In a Facebook broadcast, along with Governor Vázquez Garced and Secretary Parés, Commissioner Jenniffer González argued that all beneficiaries of Social Security and the AABD program would begin receiving their checks from the first week of June.
Governor Vázquez Garced indicated that her government has been processing the process of delivering the check to Social Security beneficiaries and that it has had the support of Commissioner González.
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