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 Administration (SSA) estimates that more than 8 million people who get monthly Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments need help managing their money. Those ...

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 ...

Whenever this occurs, Social Security sends a notice explaining that you were overpaid and that you have to pay the money ...

Tens of thousands of Americans who get monthly Social Security benefits payments are in need help managing their money and may need a representative payee. A representative payee is an individual or ...

Some people who receive monthly Social Security benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments may need help managing their money. When we receive information that indicates you need help, we ...

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 ...

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 ...

A proposal to ban payments to people without a Social Security number is likely to impact beneficiaries who are retired, disabled, widowed, or low income. “Representative payees” who accept benefits ...

Some people who receive monthly Social Security benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments may need help managing their money. When we receive information that indicates you need help, we ...