Social Security has taken the next step in their years-long effort to streamline and modernize the SSI application. On August 27, 2024, the agency released their proposed request, seeking public comment on their plan to implement the “SSI Simplification Phase I initiative, or iSSI.”

This next step in the agency’s mission “to develop a fully online, simplified SSI application process” will see a shorter, plain language, electronic version of the SSI application, which should be available to some applicants by the end of 2024.

NOSSCR supports the agency’s ongoing modernization efforts, and looks forward to a fully realized online SSI application.

You can review the language of the proposal and submit comments here. Comments must be submitted no later than September 26, 2024.