01/08/2025
Action Memo
Summary:
- This Action Memo provides FCRC staff with information on the 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) effective January 1, 2025.
- The COLA effective January 01, 2025 is 2.5%.
- The maximum Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for a single person is increased from $943 to $967.
- The maximum SSI for a couple is increased from $1,415 to $1,450.
- The Integrated Eligibility System (IES) is being updated to affect January 2025 Cash and SNAP benefits.
January 2025 COLA Increase
The COLA effective January 1, 2025 is 2.5%. The maximum SSI for a single person is increased from $943 to $967. The maximum SSI for a couple is increased from $1,415 to $1,450.
IES/COLA
The 2025 Social Security and SSI benefit amounts have been updated in IES and will affect January 2025 benefits for the following programs:
- AABD Cash
- RRP Cash
- TANF Cash
- SNAP
Family Community Resource Center (FCRC) Action
FCRC staff are responsible for budgeting the actual amount of the January 2025 SSA and/or SSI income for:
- persons excluded from automated income updates are Retirement, Survivors and Disability Insurance (RSDI) and/or SSI.
Refer to IES Report "SSA-SSI 02 Exclusion Report" (Report ID: IL-LB-112-DLY) See WAG 22-14-03-a for BENDEX and WAG 22-14-03-b for SDX.
Upon receipt of the list of individual incomes not centrally updated by BENDEX/SDX interfaces take the following action:
- determine the reason for the exclusion,
- correctly budget RSDI and SSI for the person(s) excluded from automated RSDI/SSI income updates, and
- correct the problem causing the exclusion, when possible.
Information on how the 2025 COLA will affect medical will be published separately.
If the FCRC cannot correct the problem causing the exclusion, complete and submit the IL444-1925 - Discrepancy Referral Form, to the SSA Programs Control Unit dhs.ssapc@Illinois.gov. Attach the verification supporting the correct customer information or benefit amount.
[signed copy on file]
Dulce M. Quintero
Secretary - Designate, Illinois Department of Human Services
Form referenced:
IL444-1925
