How Should a Representative Payee Spend a Child's SSI Benefits?

I recently became Representative Payee for a brother's SSDI. I also need to keep his assets below $2,000 for MediCal purposes. I am trying to figure how to pay for some of his non-food-or-shelter expenses using non-SSDI income. To do this I am going to use an ABLE account as a conduit for some of the rental expenses. Here's my question: If I give him some SSDI money for groceries or other expenses and he doesn't use it all, can he save that money in his ABLE account to avoid the $2,000 asset limit?

My Child is receiving benefits with ssi but dont allow me to use funds for clothes, personal higene for my son or rent payments. Only medical expenses. I cant work. And my husband doesnt make enough money what can i do?? Or what is the benefits i should apply for?? If what im looking for is help for rent and my sons personal needs items.

I know that " shelter" was on the list but I was wondering if that includes being able to buy the materials to build a room addition for my son.

HI I HAVE A ? I DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE IT'S GETTING COLD OUT MY SON RECIEVES SSI I HAVE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND FIND A RIDE SO MY ? IS IF I PURCHASE A VEHICLE CAN I DO THT

My son just started receiving his SSI benefits. Can i use that to help pay rent or bills if I need to. Also can I use it to buy him a gift for Christmas?

For back benifits: do you have to go to ssa and request a form to release each amount you need to spend with what you are spending it for and return reciept? Or can you buy what is needed and save the reciept. Can you purchase furniture like couch table mattress with back payments? Can you use it for therapy dog? For sports offered for the child disability? Alarm system so child dont sleep walk/walk out the home. I wish it just had a list of cans and cants. Very confusing and ssa is like reading it from a book and i get no where.

Can I spend my ssi check on a porn subscription?

My child recived 2199.00 in back pay..I am also on disability so Can I use that money to get my license straighten out and purchase a car so that I can transport her to and from therapy, school, and doctors? If so will ssi cut or stop my beniffits because I now own a car?

My Son is 13 years old and he has received ssi since born ....recently i received a letter saying i was not payed correctly and that they owe back payed ...i have open a dedicated account ......i was told i able to use the money with anything my son may need ..... how much is in that what im confuse why is it said that the money can not be there after a period of time ??

My son had a spine surgery done in Feb2015, we didn't start getting SSI for him until Oct2015. I had to modify out house, Restroom specifically to met his needs. Can I use the back payment to cover the cost of the restroom even though I re-did a restroom specifically for him in April2015? I had to get a loan for that

My sister receives funds for her son and told me she transfers the funds to her own personal account so that the spending cannot be tracked. She spend no money on her child she shops for herself and her boyfriend she is never even with her child but I have no proof. She said if I turn her in she will not let us see the child.

We have three foster children that we have had for three years, and will be adopting them very soon. Their father died about a month after they were in our care. Should they be receiving survivor benefits since then?

SO MY SON, S GETTING SSI,BUT WE HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO SAVE ANY OF IT. HE HAS BIG THERAPY BILLS AND I USE THE REST FOR CLOTHING FOOD AND SOME TIME TO PAY HOUSE HOLD UTILITIES.NOT TO MENTION HE HAS A GLUTEN,EGG,CORN FREE DIET. I JUST GOT A FORM IN THE MAIL ASKING ME HOW MUCH I HAVE SAVED OF HIS MONEY? I FEEL BAD THAT NOT MUCH HAS BEEN AT ALL. IM NOT ABLE TO WORK AS HE HAS THERAPY 5 times a week. I HOPE THEY WONT SEE THE LACK OF SAVING AS RECKLESS SPENDING.

Last year I got social security disability because I have permanent incontinence. I know that my mom is spending the money in the right way, she told me that I have no right to the money what so ever, she said she uses it for the bills. But I have to pay for my own clothes and soap and pretty much everything but basic food. She makes me do extra extra chores so I can get $40 every month but she doesn't always give it to me. And every weekend she sends me to my pca who is super unqualified basically I go there and sit around and sleep and do their chores until Sunday and I go home. Am I right to feel suspicious?

Can I get a PlayStation 4?

the hot water tank is broke. am i allowed to use the ddsi payment for my daughter to replace the tank

My child is on ssi but his mom is the beneficiary. We are no longer in a relationship. I have paid his daycare since birth. I told her to use his ssi money for daycare but she says that I should be paying it. I thought ssi was used mainly for the childs expenses?

We adopted our son in October he is 5yrs old. We will be getting the funds transferred to us from his current payee soon in the amount of around $3,000.00. We were told he should continue to receive about $300 a month here after. While he was still in foster care but living with us, we were able to buy him things like clothes, learning toys and such. Is there anyway to use the large amount he will be receiving to try and help us get into another home....one with a backyard where he can play outside more. We currently live in an apartment. Are there any stipulations that may allow us to do this. With Christmas and his birthday right near each other he received everything a child could have wanted. His medical is covered...a new home would benefit him the most. I feel like that would be the best use of his money.

I have guardianship of my granddaughter and she draws SS benefit payments due to her deceased father. I have put all of her money in a savings account for college and used my own money to take care of her. Is that illegal?

Back in 2012 I lost my job due to my daughter's behavior. (attendance) I had to leave work constantly, and she was expelled from 2 schools by the age of 8. I was finally able to get her on track with an IEP and eventually the disability, but during that time I was unemployed I defaulted on a credit card. It was that or our rent. Well here it is 2017, and that debt just came to bite me. Civil suit filed in court, or the $4000 to settle. I still live paycheck to paycheck, and if they rule against me they will freeze my bank account and garnish my wages. We will end up homeless. I still have over $5000 in her backpack I have rarely touched. Would this qualify as an emergency for this use? I'm terrified. But I have no other assets to wage. Tried to think of everything first. Honestly forgot about the backpay until today because it's rarely used. Help

I will like to know why all the approved items on the backpay list is things that the country pays for so why can't we spend it on the child well being like us working parents do anyway I'm being denied my son back pay and I have to pay my nephew to watch him while I work or stay home and miss work because the school suspend him all the time i miss work because court like once a month and have 2 other kids I'm rising

So my son will be getting a payback money from ssi how can I spend that money if he is only 2 months old, his Medicaid covers his medical expenses and he doesn't go to school just yet ? And can the bank statement that they send every month count as prove on where I'm spending the money ? Or do I have to keep every single receipt?

I can write a book about this back pay/ separate account thing.

My granddaughter is disabled ( intellectual ) so she gets disability benefits, she also received that separate account money and my daughter the payee used some of it to put put towards the maintenance of there car, the car is also used to get my granddaughter to school, Drs etc .Well ssi want that money to be paid back, even though the car does benefit my disabled granddaughter. So what ever you all do Make sure and get the approval from ssi before using any of the funds. In my opinion its a waste of money that can not be touched.

Hi my 4yr old son was approved for ssi benefits, he is due to receive his back pay here soon and I just need clarification on specific approved purchases he is ADHD and has SPD, and it was highly recommended he takes like swimming and karate classes, and was also thinking of redoing his entire room to accommodate to his needs for both ADHD n SPD a sensory play bunk, reading area, special bedding, a 2 n 1 essential oil diffuser n humidifier, glow tubes, trampoline, etc does all that qualify for the back pay to be used on?