When the SSI program began in 1972, the agency's existing field office network and its automated data processing capabilities made it uniquely qualified to administer the program. Because the administration of the SSI and OASDI programs is integrated, it is more practical to fund the administrative expenses for both programs from a single source. The trust funds and the general fund pay their appropriate share of administrative expenses into SSA's Limitation on Administrative Expenses account, which funds the total operating expenses of the agency.1 A Government Accountability Office approved method of cost analysis is used to determine the appropriate share of administrative expenses borne by each funding source, and a final settlement of costs is made by the end of the subsequent fiscal year.The SSI program also provides beneficiary services to recipients through State VR agencies and ENs for VR services and payments under the Ticket to Work program. VR strives to help individuals with disabilities achieve and sustain productive, self-supporting work activity.
Table IV.E1.—Selected SSI Costs, Fiscal Years 1980‑2023
[Outlays in millions]
Note: A complete table of historical values and a projection for 2023 is available at www.ssa.gov/OACT/ssir/SSI23.
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