Social Security’s Representative Payee Program helps you if you are not able to manage your monthly Social Security or SSI payments by appointing someone (called a representative payee) to receive your monthly disability benefit.  The representative payee is required to use your monthly benefit to pay your expenses each month, including rent, utilities, telephone, food, clothing, transportation costs, medical co-pays, etc.

Some of the most frequently asked questions about Social Security Representative Payee Program are: