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

Hi I just recently received benefits for my child can I withdraw money from her to pay rent and bills? Also my goal was to drop hours at work to dedicate time for her due to the fact she has severe autism and needs a lot of attention would they affect her benefits?

Here is the question. If my daughter is no longer receiving SSI can we spend the money in her dedicated account. I basically told the Social Security office that I did not want her to receive SSI or Medical any longer. The reason is I have been making more money at my job and my daughter's payment is only about $50 per month. even though I report my income every month I'm constantly getting notices that I have received an overpayment it's a constant problem and I'm always at the SSI Office putting in waviers which is just a huge stress I would like to put that money towards buying a house for my daughter's future my daughter is now 16 years old and holding part time job off and on. She was receiving SSI for emotional issues but I don't think when she's 18 she will qualify and she stopped seeing her therapist over a year ago I feel like as an adult if her problems interfere with her holding a job she can apply for SSI or SSDI but I would rather have her work if she can thank you for any input

Hi....my daughter has some funds in her dedicated account. We are struggling these past few months. Can I use just some of it to help pay rent, provided I keep the receipt/ records that it is what it was for?

I know it is for medical and school. She has all of her school and mediclw needs met and we need help as far as rent..
We work, no tattoos or i phones and we do not smoke or drink. We are just getting by.

Hi, my grandmother is my rep payee I live with her. She says that I have to give her three hundred a month and I don't have a lease agreement with her. I live in Alabama where you can't sign a legally abiding contract until you are 19 the employee at my local social security office said that she can request this as long as I live with her. My lawyer said that she can't charge me unless I had a lease agreement and I'm confused. I am starting college soon and between medical expenses and saving for college and getting the things I need there's hardly anything left. She barley works and complains about not making enough money. She is also my sisters rep payee and does the same to them. My baby sister is 8 and is in desperate need of clothing she's outgrown almost everything she has and she gets three hundred a month which my granny spends on her bills this child almost never gets what she needs what can be done?

Hi,my 2 children receive ssi due to their fathers passing,my question is ,is a cell phone consider a recreation?

Can i pay my electric bill with my kids ss money

My nephew lives with us and were in the process of adopting him hes 2 and a half recieves ssi payments has several appts each month can we use some of his money for transporting to the doctor

I am not the Payee for my son. I'm fighting to become it though. I live with my sister, but my son's Payee is in another state. I'm wondering, can my son's SSI Benefits be used for a house repair if it is a safety hazard for him?

I am receiving social security disabilty. I just recieved back payments for my 2 girls cause when my claim was filed the girls wasn't included. The girls are not disabled but I am. How should I handle their payments. Is it wrong to use that money to catch up on my bills and maybe improve my transportation. The girls are minors and I am raising them on my own.

Hello, i was wondering when a child turns 18 and still goes to highschool if they can recieve their own monthly check instead of the mother is mysteriously spending unwisely?

Hi what if car repairs are needed for my car to drive my daughter whom I got the back pay from ...can I use that money on the car repairs.

This question has been bothering me for a few years. I have been raising a boy for many years who receives a disability check. I share a home with his father. His mother receives disability due to mental illness and this is why the boy receives disability. I pay half of the bills to the penny...rent, utilities, water, cable, food etc. The man that I share the home with uses his sons entire check to pay his half of the rent, utilities, etc. Effectively, not having to pay a penny towards taking care of himself or his son. Without getting into the whole story, I feel this is wrong. His father spends a good portion of his day playing online games, he spends lots of money on beer and drinks every night from about four or five in the afternoon until he goes to bed, and tinkers with his boats. He does not pay proper attention to his son, is quick to anger, and if I was not here the child, half of the time, would not eat dinner as his dad is busy with his boats, computer and beer. Most of his clothing is hand me downs from the neighbors. He has never gone on a vacation, played sports(except once at school), he needs braces, he has never been to a movie or spent quality time with his dad. In the last six years I have seen this man interact with his son in a positive way perhaps 7 times. Am I wrong to believe the father is misusing his sons check to support himself. Yes, he keeps a roof over his sons head with the check, but his son's check puts a roof over his fathers head and pays all of his other bills as far as the house is concerned. Am I wrong to think that a father should be contributing to supporting his son instead of his child's check totally supporting him? There has not been a penny saved for this child, his college education etc. yet the father has money for beer every night(not the cheap beer either), spends approx. 10 hours a day on the computer playing games and scrolling on Facebook, buys lottery tickets. I could be wrong, but I feel this is an inappropriate way of spending his sons check. If I pay half of everything, I think the father should at least pay for 1/4 of the expenses instead of his sons check supporting him. I have tried talking to him about this, but he feels it is his right to use his sons check in this way and that is how the government makes him spend it. I am just trying to get some clarity on this and the correct answers. Thank you.

my son wants a swimming pool. if I was told yes can I go ahead and transfer money to pay for the stuff online or should I wait for the approval letter?

Hello my daughter received part of her back pay in April. Everything was approved I was told they automatically have to deposit back pay every six months. The women I talked to today said that the only way I can access her funds because I used a good portion before on learning supplies is now I have to have her therapist approve the items or I can't use her back pay. How is this possible

My son is due for second payment installation, is that going to be installed into his dedicated account automatically or do I have to show proof of spending and go through some other things that they probably want me to go through efore getting that?

A friend of mine put all of her son's Social Security into a savings account for him for his future. Now Social Security is asking for all unused money back why and does she have to give it back. This was his money and they lived barely getting by so that he could have some money towards college and his future.

My boyfriend's son is receiving SSI payments that go to his mom, since my boyfriend and the mother of his son were never married and there is no court order in place (yet) We are currently going through the courts now to gain 50/50 joint custody/legal decision making over his son. Will they apply the SSI payments she receives towards the Child Support Order, or does that not apply at all?

Can I use my childs money from dedicated acct to buy hearing oil for the winter for our home

My medically fragile young adult son recently qualified for SSI. O am his payee. We fully support our son. received a back paymrny check representing aprox. 4 months of his SSI benefits, and since that time have received three additional monthly checks. I have parked all of that money in a newly created combined savings/checking account with our son as sole beneficiary and myself as his payee. Here are my questions: 1. Do I need to divide these monies into two accounts-- one for the back pay and one for the ongoing monthly checks? 2. Void I dump all or any portion of these funds into an ABLE account set up in one of the few states that are up and running with that program? 3. We have paid and continue to pay monthly private school tuition for our son. Can we reimburse ourselves for those well-documented payments ( which we would then turn around and spend on upcoming tuition bill)? Ditto private tutoring services ( but person providing tutoring is not a licensed, credentialed teacher)? 4. We purchased a car specifically for use by our son's nurses to transport him to school and dr appts. We r making monthly car and auto insurance payments on this vehicle. If we transfer title of the car to our son, could we apply his back pay and/or ongoing benefits SSI towards the monthly car payments or auto insurance? Would putting car title under his name render him ineligible for SSI? Lastly, within what time window do I need to use the back pay in an appropriate manner and how much can accrue in this account st any given time? Help us Obi-wan-- we r total novices at this and want to do this by the book!

I was in a house fire this year we lost everything. I only have a couple of rent receipts. My question is can I use his monthly payments to purchase a new house? I need a car to get to his appointments. Can I buy a car?

I have been saving my sons SSI for college. He turns 18 tomorrow and is still in high school until June. SS wants me to return what I have saved! I don't trust them to return it to him.

Can I purchase the tuition now for him to use next fall?

Can I use the rest to pay off the balance of the 529 play I've been investing in since he was 4? And reimbursing me some of the money I've been putting in to the 529 plan?

Or is buying him a truck a better option?

I'd prefer to keep some in savings for him post colllege graduation but if I am expected to return it, I will find ways to spend it for him.

My son has cerebral palsy, he was born at 26 weeks, a micro preemie weighing 1 lb 10 Iiz, he was automatically given disability at birth, until age 3, they wanted me to take him to go see their Dr 2 hrs away, & I didn't understand why they couldn't speak to the Drs & therapists that were with him since birth, so it was dropped....life went on, we applied for ssdi as a teen, he's been denied 3 times, so at 17 he was given ssi. He cannot form sentences, or write, the ssi was direct deposit and heloed pay his needs, it he just turned 18 & they want to give him a paper check. I went to the social security office, they said he can call to appky for his own direct deposit card, which is fine, but he cannot form many words, can I apply for my handicap son for his direct express card? Yes we hired a lawyer to address the disability issue, my son at 18 has a child's mind and is in a walker, I homeschool him daily..thanks for reading, god bless