THE NATION: Lawmakers May Finally Update Strict SSI Rules That Keep Families in Poverty
An effort to federalize state-level adult support programs across the country, SSI is a means-tested program—there are financial requirements to be eligible. In the case of SSI, as of its last adjustment in 1989, enrollees cannot have savings of more than $2,000 as an individual or $3,000 as a family. People who receive SSI are forced to live in poverty. However, that may be changing. Legislators are working on updating the limits.
