Oct 10, 2018 · A representative payee is a person or entity appointed by Social Security to manage benefit payments for someone unable to do so on their own — for example, a minor child, a severely disabled person or a retiree suffering from advanced dementia.

Dec 21, 2022 · Advance designation was put in place in early 2020 as part of an amendment to Social Security law that Congress passed two years earlier aimed at strengthening the representative payee program. Payees are tasked with receiving a beneficiary’s monthly payments and ensuring the money is used to meet that person’s essential and personal needs ...

Apr 7, 2022 · Applying to become a representative payee usually requires a face-to-face interview at your local Social Security office, which you can schedule by calling 800-772-1213. You’ll need to bring proof of your identity. The Social Security publication “A Guide for Representative Payees” has more information on payees’ responsibilities.

Jun 17, 2020 · If you're a representative payee for someone who receives Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, you have plenty of jobs to do. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has added one more: offering assistance to your beneficiary with his or her $1,200 economic stimulus payment.

Jul 29, 2024 · Nearly 4.8 million people, or 7.2 percent of Social Security beneficiaries, had a representative payee as of December 2022, the most recent data available. It's a serious job that requires diligence: Social Security holds payees accountable for how they spend benefit funds, and they are strictly prohibited from putting the money to their own use.

Mar 9, 2018 · The representative payee program has its challenges, but relatively simple enhancements would make an already strong program even better. Greater use of technological safeguards to monitor spending will certainly help, as will …

Oct 29, 2024 · In many cases, especially if the children are young or have severe disabilities, the surviving parent serves a representative payee, managing Social Security income on their kids’ behalf. That means setting up how they receive their benefits (it can be a family bank account or one owned by the child) and only spending the money on meeting ...

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Apr 19, 2021 · If Social Security approves a disability claim for someone with a substance abuse problem, it can mandate treatment as a condition for receiving benefits and require that the person have a representative payee manage their benefit payments.

Sep 1, 2021 · If you are a representative payee for a Social Security beneficiary, remember that the stimulus payment does not belong to nursing homes or other facilities, and you are not responsible for managing the payment. You should discuss the payment with the beneficiary, and you can give advice outside the role of representative payee, the SSA says.