are assigned a payee, an individual or an organization charged with making sure the money is used to ... pay the recipient’s rent, bills and other necessities. Safety Net was the state’s largest payee ... reimbursing funds that were mismanaged by a payee, says Wilde. But she doesn’t know when either option will ...
7 Aug 2014 - Jake Thomas
helping. Anderson was a representative payee, someone who is assigned by the Social Security Administration ... year 2012, there were about 5.9 million representative payees who managed $72 billion annually for 8.4 ... about 1,000 clients of Safety Net of Oregon, recently had to scramble to find a new payee after the ...
8 May 2014 - Jake Thomas
incapable of managing their own money are assigned a “payee.” The payee has control over the benefit money ... payee is a family member or close friend. Organizations, such as Safety Net, serve as payees for ... payee. “Thanks for the memories,” the sign concludes. Another sign written on a yellow legal pad and ...
12 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
that it was mismanaging clients’ funds. Safety Net serves as the representative payee, which is an ... money. The nonprofit, which was payee to about 1,000 people, is slated to shut it doors April 1, ... SSA was required by law to assign the former clients of Safety Net to another payee service. “These ...
26 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
find a new organization or individual (a “payee”) to manage their benefits by March 21. Those unable to ... find a new payee would be unable to access their money beginning April 1. Filed March 24 in U.S. ... phone calls and letters that they would need a new payee have fallen short. According to the complaint, ...
24 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
mismanaging the funds of its clients. Safety Net serves as a representative payee, an individual or ... clients to find new payees. Madrigal says that the Social Security Administration's approach of ... alerting Safety Net's clients that they need a new payee through a phone call or a letter is ...
15 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
Oregon was the state’s largest payee representative. Payees are individuals or organizations assigned by ... handle their money as a result of a physical or mental impairment. Payees write rent and utility checks ... for their clients. Payees make sure there is money set aside for their client’s medication or bus ...
10 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas
based in Portland, was Oregon’s largest payee service. It handled federal disability benefits for more ... clients struggled to find new payee services and retrieve funds the defunct nonprofit owed to them. This ... beneficiaries if the payee organization is unable to do so, according to the senator’s spokesperson, Courtney ...
12 Nov 2015 - Emily Green