The Representative Payee acts as a financial steward, safeguarding the beneficiary's financial well-being. When an individual is deemed incapable of handling their Social Security benefits ...

If you need help managing your benefits, tell a Social Security representative that there is someone you want to be your representative payee. Your representative payee should be someone you trust ...

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FredFroese / Getty Images A representative payee is appointed to accept Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for someone incapable of managing their benefits.

A Rochester resident is asking “Where’s her money?” after her Social Security check was sent to the wrong place. Georgia ...

“Representative payees” who accept benefits on behalf of ... If that child is eligible for Social Security, they would need a representative payee to accept their monthly benefit check and ...

A proposal to ban payments to people without Social ... benefits from the agency. There are several scenarios where people without SSNs accept benefits as the “representative payee” on ...

An 87-year-old man battling cancer recently had his Social Security benefits suspended ... or SSA-7161 if a representative payee is involved. This questionnaire, usually sent annually or ...

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