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Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) definition - business

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

A federal needs-based assistance program to help aged, blind, and disabled people who have little or no income. The program is administered by the Social Security Administration but funded out of general tax revenues.

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