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supplemental security income  

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  • SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY Income (SSI) is a cash assistance program administered by the Social Security Administration in the United States. However, the program is separate from other Social Security programs because it is funded from general government revenues and has no connection to Social Security payroll taxes. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Supplemental Security Income]

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