| If you receive Social Security Disability Benefits or | | | | deliver them on your check day. The post office |
| Retirement Benefits, there are procedures to get | | | | frequently misroutes or delays the delivery of |
| a replacement check when your regular monthly | | | | mail; when this happens your check may not |
| check goes missing. Here is what you need to | | | | arrive on the intended day. If you are an individual |
| know to get your check replaced as quickly as | | | | on a fixed budget this can create enormous |
| possible with minimum hassle. | | | | hardships for you when your rent and other bills |
| When you receive benefits from Social Security | | | | come due. |
| there are two options to receive payment. Social | | | | What to do when your Social Security check |
| Security will mail you a check for delivery on a | | | | does not arrive on your check day? Call Social |
| certain payment day, or they will deposit your | | | | Security at their toll-free number that day to |
| payments into your checking account, savings | | | | make sure your check was issued. The |
| account, or ETA debit card account. Receiving | | | | representative will not be able to issue you a |
| your check through the mail is the least reliable | | | | replacement that day; however, they can verify |
| method and causes people the most trouble. | | | | that the check was issued or tell you what the |
| Social Security sends the checks out the week | | | | problem is if your check was not issued. |
| before they are due so the post office can | | | | |