This appendix presents the committee’s questions to the responses from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on the following topics: direct deposit, selection and training of representative payees ...

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 ...

Representative Payees must follow strict SSA rules, and even unintentional mistakes can lead to personal liability for ...

Formal Definitions For many years, misuse was not formally defined by SSA or by the Social Security Act. Rather, there were guidelines on the correct use of benefits by a representative payee. It was ...