Representative Payee Oversight Program

The program helps both beneficiaries and representative payees. Beneficiaries are the recipients of Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Rep payees are the individuals or organizations who manage Social Security benefits. SSA assesses a beneficiary's need for a rep payee on a case-by-case basis. Equip for Equality's role is meant to help keep beneficiaries safe and ensure their needs are met by conducting performance reviews to discover whether or not a representative payee is carrying out its duties.

Date of Last Formal Update

10/24/2023

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211 Metro Chicago

Physical Address

300 East Main Street, Carbondale, IL 62901

Hours

Mon 8:30am - 5:00pm; Tue 8:30am - 5:00pm; Wed 8:30am - 5:00pm; Thu 8:30am - 5:00pm; Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm;

Fax

(618) 457-7985

Application process

If you want to submit a request for a Representative Payee to be reviewed by the Social Security Representative Payee Review Program or would like to find out more about these reviews, contact Lydia Sharp at (312) 895-7302.

Eligibility

Representative Payee, both individual and organizational Payees

Service area

IL, United States

Agency info

Equip For Equality

Equip for Equality promotes self-advocacy and serves as a legal advocate for people with disabilities, and handles individual cases and systems-change litigation to achieve broad-based societal reforms. They also advocate through public policy and legislative activities to give people greater choices in their lives and ensure their independence and inclusion in all aspects of community living.