Sometimes the Social Security Administration temporarily pays Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits while it gathers the evidence it needs to make a decision on a disability case. This procedure is called "Presumptive Disability." When the Social Security Administration has evidence in file that strongly suggests that a person will be found disabled but still needs more evidence to make its final decision, it can perform a presumptive disability to temporarily provide benefits to the person until it gathers the evidence it needs to make its final decision. Presumptive disability only applies to SSI cases; this includes children's cases.