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 ...

This chapter addresses the second specific item in the committee’s charge: “learn whether the representative payment policies are practical and appropriate.” After a brief discussion of a systems ...

The Social Security Administration selects a representative payee to manage your benefits if they detect that you are unable to do it yourself. Before appointing this person, SSA evaluates medical and ...

This chapter addresses part of the third of the four specific items in the committee’s charge: “identify the types of representative payees that have the highest risk of misuse of benefits.” In order ...