The SSA launched a redesigned SSA.gov homepage on September 22, 2025, featuring improved navigation and new tools like the “Life Events” section.

The Social Security Administration sends regular monthly payments, and the date varies depending on birth date or when you began receiving benefits. Here's what to expect in October.

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments going out on the second Wednesday of the month, Oct. 8. Subsequent payments will go out on the third (Oct. 15) and fourth (Oct. 22) Wednesdays of the month, according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar.

The Social Security Administration will no longer issue these kinds of checks, starting Tuesday. Here’s what retirees will need to do to collect benefits.

The timing of the first weekend in November requires the SSA to distribute two payments in October. The month's first round of disability checks is next week.

Most US citizens can receive Social Security payments abroad, but there are two countries where the money will not be sent.

Social Security is a program that relies on permanent spending already approved by Congress, so it continues during a shutdown. But some activities from the SSA will be suspended.

The Social Security Administration is making changes it says will improve efficiency and strengthen the program. Some of the updates have advocates concerned about their effect on beneficiaries.

The Social Security Administration has launched a redesigned homepage for beneficiaries to navigate on SSA.gov. The launch was announced on Monday as a way to make it easier for visitors to find the information they need and complete common tasks online.