What to Know About April Social Security Payments

Published: 4/6/2025, 7:57:57 PM EDT

What to Know About April Social Security Payments — The Social Security Administration office building in Waycross, Ga., on Aug. 28, 2024. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)

Social Security payments for April are soon going out to Americans who are older, retired, or those with a qualifying disability.

Payments are typically issued on Wednesdays throughout the month, but with over 73.2 million people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both, financial advisors are reminding recipients to keep track of their benefits as payment errors can happen.

Las Vegas financial advisor Lucas Barcelo has several clients who recently had problems with their social security payments.

He helps by encouraging them to follow up with the Social Security Administration (SSA).

“One had some sort of error on her disability where the department believed she was no longer eligible for disability, even though she was and they had stopped her check from coming in and are now making back payments to get her financially caught up,” Barcelo told NTD.

Barcelo expects his client’s payments to resume this month, especially with new verification procedures that are being implemented.

The new measures were prompted by an interest in strengthening the security of SSA services against fraud and safeguarding records and benefits for the millions of Americans who receive social security.

“For everyone who isn't using the online portal, the recipient will need to verify in person,” Barcelo added. “From my experience, it seems to be that anyone who values convenience will typically force themselves to learn the online portal.”

In February, SSA announced plans to reduce staffing from 57,000 employees to 50,000.

But Southern California-based registered social security analyst Kevin Walton doesn't foresee the cutbacks impacting the timeliness of existing Social Security benefits in April.

"It may, however, affect recipients who have recently filed for benefits for the first time and when those benefits will be paid," Walton told NTD.

SSA did not respond to requests for comment about new social security recipients.

The Center for Policy and Budget Priorities (CPBP) found that one in five, or 67 million people in the United States, receive social security benefits.

Some 84 percent are older adults and 13 percent are workers with disabilities.

"I believe any update in the SSA's customer service strategy that allows for more timely payments, less paperwork, and a decrease in potential abuse of program benefits is a step in the right direction," DisabilityGuidance.org co-founder Colin Ruggiero told NTD.

SSA’s 2025 distribution schedule shows that retirement benefits will be issued on April 9 for beneficiaries born between the first and 10th of the month, April 16 for those born between the 11th and 20th day of the month, and April 23 for those born between the 21st and the 31st of the month.

SSI payments are issued monthly on the first day of the month.

"SSI is more welfare-based under a different system and not funded by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act," Walton added. "SSI comes from government and state contributions."

Beneficiaries are asked to wait three business days before calling SSA if a payment doesn't arrive as scheduled, according to the 2025 disbursement calendar.