Some Social Security recipients will get an extra check in November. Here's what to know

Some recipients of Social Security disability and retirement benefits will receive an extra payment in November, with the first coming this week.Related video above: Protect yourself from scams this shopping seasonPeople who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or have collected Social Security since before May 1997 will be paid Friday. Typically, those who receive both benefits collect SSI on the first of the month and Social Security on the third. But this month, those recipients will receive the checks simultaneously. Adults and children are eligible for SSI if they have limited to no income or resources and have a disability and blindness, or are 65 and older. About 7.4 million people receive SSI benefits, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).SSI recipients will receive a second check next month, coming on Nov. 29. However, this is not an additional payment. That check will count toward December’s allotment.SSI payments typically occur on the first of every month but since Dec. 1 is on a Sunday, and the SSA does not make payments on weekends or federal holidays, the administration is pushing the payment up a couple of days.”We do this to avoid putting you at a financial disadvantage and make sure that you don’t have to wait beyond the first of the month to get your payment,” the SSA said in a blog post. “It does not mean that you are receiving a duplicate payment in the previous month, so you do not need to contact us to report the second payment.”