A resource for wise decisions.
This service provides individuals with the necessary tools to equip them for their success. This includes building life skills that are invaluable for each person. Here, individuals learn life-skills that empower them to reach individual achievement.
This service offers daily skill-building groups that empower people to grow their abilities in coping, self-help, independent living, community living, social skills, money management, anger management, illness management and recovery, medication education, and recreational skills.
Our Representative Payee services follow the Social Security Adminstration guidelines for duties aligned with being a Representative Payee. This includes:
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Paying for food, shelter, and personal needs. Unless otherwise notified, utility bills can also be considered within this.
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Monitoring personal accounts for resource limitations.
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Filing required reports and supporting documentation to the Social Security Administration.
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Advocating for beneficiaries to protect, maintain, or reinstate benefits through waiver appeal to the Social Security Administration.
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The customers served may include individuals with mental and/or physical disabilities, elderly, or individiuals receiving government benefits.
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Approved to provide Fiduciary Services to United States Veterans.
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Accountability includes submitting yearly reports to the Social Security Administration and, if required, quarterly reports to our client and/or family members. Our payee department also is required to submit to bi-annual Social Security audits.
If you have questions regarding Representative Payee Services, please contact Mary Bartels at 563-652-5252 extension x1112 or by email: mbartels@imagineia.org.