Center for Community Action - Representative Payee Program
Resource Name:Center for Community Action - Representative Payee Program
address
195 Drive-In Lane, Everett, PA 15537
Eligibility
Must be referred by Social Security Administration.
Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
(814) 623-9129
Voice
Application process
Intake by referral and appointment
Fees
Services free of charge.
Service area
Bedford, PA
Fulton, PA
Huntingdon, PA
Juniata, PA
Mifflin, PA
Somerset, PA
Blair, PA
Assists the most vulnerable members of society who are not capable of managing or directing someone else to manage their Social Security benefits. The Representative Payee acts on behalf of the beneficiary and is responsible for things related to benefits and payments that the beneficiary would ordinarily do for him/herself.
What's Here
Providing organization
Center for Community Action
Center for Community Action, as part of the national Community Action network, also shares the national goals developed by the Office of Community Services related to families and communities:
- Helping low-income people become more self-sufficient.
- Improving the conditions in which low-income people live.
- Helping low income people own a stake in their community.
- Creating and maintaining partnerships among supporters and providers of services to low-income people.
- Increase agency capacity to achieve results.
- Strengthen family and other supportive systems in low-income people's lives, especially vulnerable populations so they achieve their full potential.