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Summary and Introduction The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA), is the income source of last resort for the low-income aged, blind, and disabled. [...]

As a means-tested program, the Supplemental Security Income program considers a recipient's income from wages and other sources when determining eligibility and the monthly benefit amount. This study examines annual [...]

Summary Less than half of all children who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and live in a single-parent home receive child support services. Although filing for child support is [...]

The article focuses on a study which analyzes the redistributional, poverty and incentive effects of benefit restructuring options which, according to the author, remove all in-kind support and maintenance (ISM) reduction, ensuring the simplification of the U.S. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. It notes that the SSI is defined as the income source of last resort for the poor aged, blind and disabled. It cites that the SSI paid $38 billion in benefits in 2006 to about 7 million recipients monthly.

Assesses the child support provisions outlined in the Supplemental Security Income program in the U.S. Child support services in single-parent homes; Budget allotted by the government to family assistance programs; Information on the child support policy implementation.