Organizational Payee Program
Population served: Individuals who are determined by a physician to be incapable of managing their own monetary affairs and who do not have friends, relatives or others who can help them with managing their finances. They receive federal benefits (Social Security, SSI, SSDI) and have been determined by the appropriate federal office to need a representative to pay expenses associated with their basic needs. They will be low-income people most vulnerable to financial exploitation or neglect; they may be isolated, and have mental or physical disabilities.
Representative Payee Project
Population served: Individuals who are determined by a physician as incapable of managing their own monetary affairs and who do not have friends, relatives or others who can help them with managing their finances. They receive federal benefits (Social Security, SSI, SSDI) and have been determined by the appropriate federal office to need a representative to pay expenses associated with their basic needs. They will be low-income people most vulnerable to financial exploitation or neglect; they may be isolated, and have mental or physical disabilities. An Area IV Agency supervised, trained volunteer retains the individual’s checkbook.