PARP

Our PARP program protects Social Security beneficiaries that require the assistance of a representative payee from financial exploitation, abuse, and neglect. A representative payee is a person or an organization who assists someone who can’t manage or direct the management of their benefits. We review the performance of representative payees through beneficiary and payee interviews, onsite inspections, and a detailed review of financial and other documentation. These reviews ensure the wellbeing of beneficiaries while educating payees on how to better serve them.

PARP in Action

Our program protects Social Security beneficiaries that require the assistance of a representative payee from financial exploitation, abuse, and neglect. We review the performance of representative payees through beneficiary and payee interviews, onsite inspections, and a detailed review of financial and other documentation.

These reviews ensure the wellbeing of beneficiaries while educating payees on how to better serve them. Our Representative Payee team travels around the State conducting reviews on behalf of the Social Security Administration (SSA).

In 2023, the PARP team:

Submitted 155 completed reports for review by National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) and SSA.

Initiated 7 Quick Response Check (QRC) reviews to investigate situations involving suspected misuse.

Received requests for information on how to either become your own payee, or how to change your representative payee and distributed information packets to answer these questions.

Used information obtained during reviews to make appropriate referrals to other DRNY programs and community resources.