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 ...

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 ...

When a Social Security beneficiary is unable to manage their own account, they can have a representative payee step in to manage the account for them. This typically happens when the beneficiary is 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 act ...

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 ...

July 08--For about the past five years, Phoenix-based benefits consultant Jill Preston has been noticing something odd happening to her Tucson clients, in the course of her work helping elderly people ...

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 ...