A 45-year-old Fall River woman was sentenced in federal court in Boston for stealing nearly $90,000 of her child’s Social Security benefits.

A proposal to ban payments to people without a Social Security number is likely to impact beneficiaries who are retired, disabled, widowed, or low income. “Representative payees” who accept ...

A proposal floating around the Social Security Administration (SSA) would bar anyone without a Social Security number from collecting benefits on behalf of retired, disabled, widowed, and low ...

If that child is eligible for Social Security, they would need a representative payee to accept their monthly benefit check and determine the best way to spend it based on their needs.

Trump ‘anti-fraud’ memo could allow SSA to stop paying some Americans’ earned benefits The document’s publication comes just days after reports that DOGE operatives overruled career ...

The SSA needs to know when a new representative payee is on the scene. How to report changes You can report changes online through your my Social Security account.

A Spotlight PA and Resolve Philly investigation found hundreds of kids each year are made to pay for their own foster care, a practice advocates describe as an unfair “tax.” ...

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

The SSA allows foster care agencies to use that money to pay for monthly “maintenance” and any unmet needs, then requires whatever remains to be set aside.