Monday, September 8, 2008 Mark Lassiter, Press Officer
For Immediate Release 410-965-8904
SOCIAL SECURITY
News Release
Social Security Checks Again Arriving Early in Gulf Coast States as
Hurricane Ike Approaches
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that
benefit checks are being delivered to Gulf Coast residents on Tuesday,
before the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Ike and one day ahead of
the regular payment date. More than 40,000 people in Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Florida will receive their Social Security
checks September 9th, rather than on Wednesday, the regularly
scheduled payment day. At the end of August, the Social Security
Administration took similar action to arrange for early delivery of
nearly 400,000 checks ahead of Hurricane Gustav.
“Hurricane Ike, the second major storm to threaten the area in the
last two weeks, has led Social Security to take the critically
important step of sending early payments to people all along the Gulf
Coast,” said Commissioner Astrue. “People in these states who may not
receive their checks early should not ignore evacuation instructions
simply to wait for their payments. Anyone who does not receive a
regularly scheduled payment from Social Security as a result of the
hurricane can go to any open Social Security office and request an
immediate payment. To find the nearest open Social Security office,
call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). In the future, beneficiaries
should be mindful that Direct Deposit is a more secure and convenient
way to receive payments, particularly when natural disasters strike.”
Social Security has worked closely with the U.S. Postal Service and
the Department of the Treasury to make the early delivery of checks
possible. People living in areas with the following first three digits
in their zip codes will receive early delivery:
Alabama 364-366
Florida 323-325
Louisiana 700-714
Mississippi 393-395
Texas 770-779, 781 and 783-785
The Department of the Treasury, through the Federal Reserve, has
encouraged financial institutions in the Gulf Coast states to honor
the paper checks as well as consider making Direct Deposit payments
available as early as Tuesday, September 9th. The federal government
has requested this for people in the affected states, but it is up to
individual banks to choose to make these Direct Deposit funds
available early.
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