A Representative Payee is essential for ensuring Social Security funds are used appropriately for beneficiaries unable to manage their finances due to age, disability, or other conditions.

If someone you know needs more than just a little help, we can appoint a person or an organization to act as a “representative payee” responsible for receiving and managing a person’s benefits.

Representative payees are responsible for aiding people who are incapable of managing their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, payments. The funds are most commonly used to ...