Title XVI of the Social Security Act

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United States federal statute title of the Social Security Act

Title XVI of the Social Security Act is the federal law that establishes and governs the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, providing means-tested cash assistance to aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Title XVI of the Social Security Act canonical	4
Title XVI	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1166814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Title XVI of the Social Security Act
Context triple: [Supplemental Security Income, legalBasis, Title XVI of the Social Security Act]

A. Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is the section of U.S. federal law that establishes and governs the Medicare program, providing health insurance primarily to people aged 65 and older and certain younger individuals with disabilities.
B. Title XIX of the Social Security Act
Title XIX of the Social Security Act is the federal law that established the Medicaid program, providing medical assistance to low-income individuals and families in the United States.
C. Title IV of the Social Security Act
Title IV of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established and governs cash assistance and related welfare programs for low-income families with children in the United States.
D. Title II of the Social Security Act
Title II of the Social Security Act is the federal law that establishes and governs the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and retirement benefits programs for insured workers and their dependents.
E. Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Title XVI of the Social Security Act
Target entity description: Title XVI of the Social Security Act is the federal law that establishes and governs the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, providing means-tested cash assistance to aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources.

A. Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is the section of U.S. federal law that establishes and governs the Medicare program, providing health insurance primarily to people aged 65 and older and certain younger individuals with disabilities.
B. Title XIX of the Social Security Act
Title XIX of the Social Security Act is the federal law that established the Medicaid program, providing medical assistance to low-income individuals and families in the United States.
C. Title IV of the Social Security Act
Title IV of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established and governs cash assistance and related welfare programs for low-income families with children in the United States.
D. Title II of the Social Security Act
Title II of the Social Security Act is the federal law that establishes and governs the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and retirement benefits programs for insured workers and their dependents.
E. Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ title of the Social Security Act ⓘ
administeredBy	Social Security Administration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
benefitStructure	federally administered uniform national benefit standards ⓘ
benefitType	cash assistance ⓘ
citationType	statutory title ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distinctFrom	Title II of the Social Security Act ⓘ
establishes	Supplemental Security Income program ⓘ linked to: Supplemental Security Income
fundingSource	general revenues of the United States Treasury ⓘ
governs	Supplemental Security Income cash assistance ⓘ linked to: Supplemental Security Income
hasComponent	administrative and enforcement provisions for SSI ⓘ provisions defining aged status for SSI ⓘ provisions defining blindness for SSI ⓘ provisions defining disability for adults for SSI ⓘ provisions defining disability for children for SSI ⓘ provisions on countable income for SSI ⓘ provisions on countable resources for SSI ⓘ provisions on deeming of income and resources ⓘ provisions on living arrangements for SSI ⓘ
implementedBy	federal regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Supplemental Security Income appeals procedures ⓘ Supplemental Security Income benefit computation ⓘ Supplemental Security Income eligibility rules ⓘ Supplemental Security Income income limits ⓘ Supplemental Security Income overpayment rules ⓘ Supplemental Security Income payment levels ⓘ Supplemental Security Income resource limits ⓘ Supplemental Security Income state supplementation coordination ⓘ
legalSubject	cash assistance for aged individuals ⓘ cash assistance for blind individuals ⓘ cash assistance for disabled individuals ⓘ means-tested income support ⓘ
partOf	Social Security Act ⓘ linked to: Social Security Act of 1935
policyGoal	provide a minimum level of income for needy aged, blind, and disabled persons ⓘ
primaryProgramCreated	Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
programType	means-tested program ⓘ
regulates	administrative review of SSI determinations ⓘ eligibility for Supplemental Security Income ⓘ payment of Supplemental Security Income benefits ⓘ
replaced	federal-state adult assistance programs for the aged, blind, and disabled ⓘ
requires	financial eligibility determination based on income and resources ⓘ
shortName	Title XVI ⓘ linked to: Title XVI of the Social Security Act
targetPopulation	aged individuals with limited income and resources ⓘ blind individuals with limited income and resources ⓘ disabled individuals with limited income and resources ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supplemental Security Income → legalBasis → Title XVI of the Social Security Act ⓘ

Supplemental Security Income → legalAuthority → Title XVI of the Social Security Act ⓘ

subject linked to: SSI

Title II of the Social Security Act → distinguishedFrom → Title XVI of the Social Security Act ⓘ

Title XVI of the Social Security Act → shortName → Title XVI ⓘ

linked to: Title XVI of the Social Security Act

Social Security Amendments of 1967 → amends → Title XVI of the Social Security Act ⓘ

88-352 → hasSection → Title XVI ⓘ