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Social Security checks to mail out early due to Hurricane Earl
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Updated Sept. 1, 5:17 p.m. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today
announced that benefit checks are being delivered to some Atlantic coast
residents on Thursday, September 2nd, before the arrival of
Hurricane Earl and ahead of the regular September 3rd payment
date. About 737,000 beneficiaries in South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
and Washington, D.C. are affected by this early check
delivery.
"Delivering checks early to these residents eliminates
one concern beneficiaries might have as they prepare for the storm,” Commissioner
Astrue said. “As beneficiaries take
steps to ensure their own safety, this is one step we can take to help them. They should also be aware that Direct Deposit
is a more secure and convenient way to receive payments, particularly when
natural disasters strike." Social Security worked closely with the U.S. Postal Service
and the Department of the Treasury to make the early delivery of checks
possible.
Beneficiaries living in areas
with the following first three digits in their zip codes will receive early
delivery:
North Carolina -- Zip Code 3-digit prefixes 270 through 289 and 297, including the areas of Taylorsville, Hickory, Greensboro, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Kingston, and Asheville, among others.
The move also affects areas of South Carolina, Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Masschusetts, and Rhode Island.
The Department of the Treasury, through the Federal Reserve,
has requested that financial institutions in the affected areas honor the paper
checks.
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