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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Social Security Administration redesigned its homepage at SSA.gov. See how the new features, easier navigation and 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 ...

One of my friends asked me to tell him what he would have to do if he became a Social Security representative payee for his mother's monthly benefit payments. He said he had been taking care of his ...

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 ...

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 manage ...