SSI and SSDI: What’s the Difference?
Knowing the difference between Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) can be crucial for disabled workers and children, as well as low-income adults who are 65 years old and older. While many people wonder what the differences are between them, SSI and SSDI are far from adversaries. Instead, they are more akin to two sides of the same coin. Both SSDI and SSI enable...
Understanding
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
and
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
The United States Social Security Administration categorizes disability assistance into Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI, sometimes called SSD) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Both SSDI and SSI Social Security benefit programs provide supplementary payments to disabled individuals, but both typically serve two separate and...