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Understanding the “Social Security Administration Representative Payee Program”
A representative payee is someone who is chosen by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to help individuals budget and spend the Social Security money. So, if you are receiving monthly Social Security benefits called SSI or SSDI, and the SSA has assigned someone another person or agency to handle your benefits payments, they are probably your representative payee. Check out this document created by Disability Rights California for a four-page synopsis of this program. Access it here…
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