As if life were not complicated enough, if you are caring for an elderly parent who is no longer able to handle his finances or you are handling Social Security payments for your minor child, you may ...

Q. I am approved for Social Security disability and was told I need a representative payee. What is that? How is one chosen? A. A representative payee is a person, agency, organization or institution ...

The Social Security Representative Payee Program is a crucial initiative by the Social Security Administration (SSA) aimed at supporting individuals with disabilities that impair their ability to ...

The Social Security Advisory Board recently released a report, Improving Social Security's Representative Payee Program, January 2018. Here is the summary of the report: More than two years ago, the ...

Millions of people collect Social Security benefits each and every month, and most of them are fully capable of managing the money they receive from the federal government. However, a significant ...

House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and ranking member John Larson (D-CT) on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the oversight of the ...

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 act ...

In July 2025, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on a Wisconsin woman whose family feared her representative payee might have misused her funds. Representative payees are responsible for aiding ...

People who serve as representative payees for individuals who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits now have more options for their annual reporting of how the funds ...