the Social Security Administration (SSA) will send the beneficiary's Social Security or other benefit checks to the representative payee. The representative payee may also assist the individual ...

The representative payee of a SSI recipient must use SSI monies to pay for the recipient’s basic living expenses (food, shelter, utilities and medical expenses not covered by Medi-Cal). If any ...

The Social Security Representative Payee Program is a pivotal initiative by the Social Security Administration (SSA) designed to support individuals whose disabilities impair their ability to ...

Anyone who applies for or receives benefits can designate a representative payee in advance. In a blog posted on the SSA website on Dec. 29, 2022, the agency said that when it assigns a ...

You may know someone who gets a monthly Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income payment and who also needs help managing their money. We can appoint a person or an organization to ...

Some people who receive monthly Social Security benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments may need help managing their money. When we receive information that indicates you need ...

Your POA must change your Social Security address first, which may require them to visit an SSA office in person. This can't be accomplished unless your POA is also your representative payee.

Social Security Administration officials are considering a policy that could effectively strip benefits from thousands of people. "A proposal to ban payments to people without Social Security ...

An SSA memo obtained by Government Executive notes that the agency currently can, at times, make someone a representative payee even if they don’t have an SSN. The payee, Romig noted ...