February’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 14 days. The next SSI payments are scheduled to be distributed on Jan. 31. SSI payments are given to people living with debilitating disabilities that affect their income, according to the Social Security Administration.

Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper

Rumors of Social Security payments being issued to dead people have circulate for years, and it turns out that there was in fact an issue.

Retirees will receive their Social Security checks depending on when their birthday falls and the checks are sent out in three waves.

In a groundbreaking initiative, the U.S. Treasury Department has successfully recovered over $31 million in Social Security overpayments made to deceased individuals.