The committee’s survey of representative payees and beneficiaries provided information on the populations that are the focus of this report. The first section of this chapter describes the survey ...

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 ...

July 08--For about the past five years, Phoenix-based benefits consultant Jill Preston has been noticing something odd happening to her Tucson clients, in the course of her work helping elderly people ...

However, some organizations, such as the Social Security Administration, won't accept POAs. Instead, you'll need to name a "representative payee" to step into your shoes if you need someone to act on ...

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 ...