Yes of course. Both Programs are processed by the Social Security Administration. As matter of fact, by law, if you apply for Supplemental Security Income or SSI Benefit’s the social security administration is supposed to take a disability application at the same time. So yes, frequently depending on ones income and resources applications are taken at the same time for both SSI and Disability.

The range in checks is quite large. The largest check you could possible receive at this time would be in excess of three thousand dollars. An individual who’s been a high wage earner can get a check for as much of twenty three hundreds dollars per month and if they have minor children they could get an extra fifty percent or eleven hundred something per month for the minor children. There is more or less a minimum check that a person can receive and it is approximately six hundreds and seventy four per month in most cases. If you have paid very little social security taxes for instance you spent most of your life working part-time or you’ve had a lot of periods of which you haven’t paid social security taxes you will still receive a check of up to six hundred seventy four dollars per month in most circumstances. So basically in the vast majority of cases the checks will range from six hundred and seventy four dollars per month to a little over three thousand per month.

Many people had heard about these benefits but they not know exactly what they are. When you have money taken out of you pay check and sent to social security a lot of people don’t realize that even that most money goes to the old age retirement system. A portion of that money goes to the social security disability section. Essential this a long term disability policy that you’ve payed for though your social security taxes. Essentially is the only way for you to collect your full the social security check early, but to do so you must prove to the government satisfaction that you are disabled from full time work.