Informing Social Security's Process for Financial Capability Determination

by Committee to Evaluate the Social Security Administration's Sapability Determination Process for Adul, Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, et al.

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children, offering vital financial support to more than 19 million disabled Americans. Of that group, approximately 5.5 million have been deemed - by virtue of youth or mental or physical impairment - incapable of managing or directing the management of their benefits. Hence, a representative payee has been appointed to receive and disburse SSA payments for these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309392578
• ISBN13: 9780309392570
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"