Our agency wants to help you maintain independence by assisting with managing Social Security and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. We provide a suitable Representative Payee, who manages payments on your behalf. Let us help you live healthier by reducing management stress and promoting independent living. It is our pleasure to serve you!
Available in Bedford, Huntingdon, Fulton, Mifflin, Somerset, and Juniata counties.
The Representative Payee Program assists the most vulnerable members of society – the young, the elderly, and the disabled who are incapable of managing or directing someone else to manage their benefits.
A person, agency, organization, or institution selected to receive and manage benefits on behalf of an incapable or legally incompetent beneficiary.
A Representative Payee acts on behalf of the beneficiary and is responsible for things related to benefits and payments that the beneficiary would ordinarily do for him or herself. The representative payee will also: