Receiving Child Support Payments and its Impact on Child’s SSI Benefits

Receiving Child Support Payments and its Impact

on Child’s SSI Benefits

William Lindahl, MBA, CLPF & Sara Toor, M.A

​The Social Security Administration (SSA) defines child support payments as “a payment from a parent to meet the child’s needs for food and shelter. Child support can be in cash or in-kind; it can be voluntary or court ordered.” Child support payments are considered unearned income to the child who receives supplemental security income (SSI) benefits. For supplemental security income (SSI) purposes, according to the Social Security Act, a child is neither married, nor the head of a household and is either:

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