SSI was considered to be a type of retirement program for people who had not been able to contribute enough for Social Security benefits. Of the 3.9 million recipients in 1974. 2.3 million were elderly adults. The number of elderly adults has actually declined by 36 percent. But consider this: In 192. noncitizens constituted 3 percent of all SSI recipients. By 1993. noncitizens constituted nearly 12 percent of the entire SSI caseload. Today. almost I out of every four elderly SSI recipients is a nonciti. zen. Before 1990. the growth in the number of disabled children receiving SSI was moderate. averaging 3 percent annually since 1984.
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