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

I was wanting to know if I am the payee for my daughter and she receives ssi am I able to use it partially for rent? We live in with my sister and she has never asked for help but now that my daughter receives monthly benefits I believe she will expect some sort of help. Which is perfectly understandable.

I receive SSI for my daughter who is now 11. I pay bills with it like rent gas water and electric. Am I using it wrong?

Can your child have a representative payee if he is over 18? And if he is an adult, do we still need to keep receipts to show how his SSI is spent? For example, he will be paying us rent, part of our electric/gas/water, part of our food, his phone bill, etc, but if that doesn't use up all of his monthly allowance, can he save it for a bigger purchase he wants to make or for Christmas/birthday gifts for his sibs, or for whatever?

Hello. My child just received his first ssi check. Can I deposit into my bank account or do I need to open a separate acoount under my son’s name?

Does SSA check bank accounts and expenditure spending...
Like, when you make a purchase and send in the receipt do they call and check the orders.

Hello my son has been receiving a disability check and I have a CPS case he is with my mom but I have him every weekend and he will be home for good Dec 23 but SSC office doesn't know this but they are asking for December pay back what do I do I didn't know this I've spent almost have on my son and his needs ,I'm so worried.

My father used my ssi after he sent me to a girls home for dinner dates with his girlfriend and for other stuff. While I was in the girls home he never sent me anything. Is there anything I can do like taking him to court? He never saved any of it for me.

My son has received disability payment from his father since he was 2.
90% of his life I was a single parent and received the disability payment that ,then was $100.00.no other help financially was given by his dad .
He to this day 12 years later pays no child support and runs a business through EBay online .most likely getting played under the table so he can still collect disability. With cost of living and so forth , my child's payment increased to the amount of $140.00 .
This is helpful but no where near the costs of a 14 yr old boy who is in growing non stop and in sports year round.
His dad has never given me personally a dime to help with his daily needs. Instead buys him unnessasary items like collectable sports items, play stations 2, 3, and now 4 .games and Google play cards for his ps4. Accationally buys him a pair of shoes or something .
My question is, why isn't he required to pay child support? He also has lived with his girlfriend who works and pays their rent ECT. Is he allowed to make extra income online .not report it and not pay child support?
Thank you janel.

Can Social Security benefits be usd by the recipient to purchase Christmas or birthday presents for family members?

My kids father receives disability.. I dropped all his back child support to help him out. He told me the kids would still get a check that he had to say the kids lived with him. He told me to open an account for them and I did but it has been a year now and the kids still have nothing. I went to the social security office and they couldn't tell me much but they did say that he is the payee and the kids live with me. What do I do? How can I check for my self?

what do they mean when they say shelter on the list of things you can use the SSI on? Because I'm curious if someone should be using their child's SSI to pay their family household bills!!

If a child's parent dies and they are entitled to survivors benefits, is it possible for the surviving parent to save all SSI checks for their child in a savings account and give them the funds when they are older (18 or older) so that they may use the funds for things they need at that time?

Can backpay br spent on a new rental and monthly check on a car payment?

My child's mother is trying to spend some of her money on Christmas gifts is that okay.

Hi I been saving my child’s disability money in my bank if he needs anything I get it for him and only him but save ings have gone up a lot do they take into account he’s money on houseing benefits of council tax or can they not tuch his money

Do I have to report what I use the ssi money for, if so how?

I am my children's representative for SSI payments they get from their dad and we are divorced. Can I pay my mortgage with the children's SSI that they are receiving?

There is no way you can take on extra children in your home and not easily spend the money on extra expenses. I have 3 grandchildren and get $1,100 for all 3. There is no way I don't spend this in food, clothes, extra premiums on medical insurance, giving them spending money, utilities, entertainment, etc. I think it is ridiculous to expect us to track how we spend the money. I hand them money all the time and I don't track it and will not because it is impossible to do so. SS is happy just being general, like I spend the money on my mortgage, food, clothes, medical, and other miscellaneous items. Maybe they are more concerned with the people who gets much more than I get.

I have a question how hard is it to change your child’s case worker my son’s not mine biologically he’s my great nephew I have had Gaurdianship of him since he was born he’s 8 now is very rude and is upset because I haven’t fully adopted him and last week after I done the interview she dated his award letter for next week the 26th so I would have to wait until after Christmas to get the checking account for his back pay well I wasn’t sure I’d be in town to wait for it or wasn’t sure how the weather would be so I went to the office and got a letter to go ahead and open the account while the weather was nice and when I went back to turn in the paperwork she just happened to be the one to help me and was upset because I didn’t wait for her to mail the letter next week I feel like it shouldn’t matter as long as it gets done but she wasn’t happy about it any suggestions she also tells me one thing and then another person from Ssi tells me another when I called and asked why it changes from person to person they said it all depends on case worker

My son was rewarded with a large back pay. I have yo get a dedicated account for him. My question is can I use some of that towards a down payment for a house. Where i live is alot of crime and forbid him going outside to play. I want to have a yard and a safe place to do yard work ,planting plants or just playing some baseball?

My daughter just started receiving SSI and I am her rep payee. There are 3 people in our household so she could pay 1/3 of things like utilities? What about reimbursing me for mileage to and from her doctor appointments?

A child is on ssi cant drive or have a drivers license. Child got a $6000 inheritance spent 2000 on his mom a car so they could get groceries and dr appts car in mothers name ssi saying she has to pay him back is this true.