Legislation To Restore Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefit Value

AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have endorsed the reintroduction of the SSI Restoration Act, a bill to update the asset and disregard limits and increase benefit amounts and program responsiveness. Available here are: (1)a one page fact sheet; (2) list of 100 endorsing organizations; and (3) social media tool kit.

The lead sponsor is Rep Raul Grijalva (AZ) with Reps Schakowsky (IL), Slotkin (MI), and 34 House co-sponsors: The SSI Restoration Act is cosponsored by 34 members of Congress, including Reps. Cori Bush (MO-01), Eleanor Holmes Norton (AL-DC), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (AL-NMI), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Lisa Blunt Rochester (AL-DE), Mary Peltola (AL-AK), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Grace Napolitano (CA-31), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ruben Gallego (AZ-03), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Mark Takano (CA-39), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Lucy McBath (GA-07), Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Hank Johnson (GA-04), Dina Titus (NV-01), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and John Larson (CT-01).