Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI) has a max benefit amount of around $674 which is expected to cover housing, food, clothing, transportation and other misc costs for millions of severely disabled Americans. We are talking people with Autism, Schizophrenia and other major disabilities.
Inflation and Consumer Prices do not allow anyone to live in $674 a month and yet the government has never really given a reason Cost of Living adjustment because they use a flawed inflation model called the Consumer Price Index which does not show there has been inflation in years.
Many economists and disability advocates have stated that it is unethical to give someone $674 a month and expect them to live on it while not allowing their families to help.