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Disability Rights Maine Receives 2025 Advocacy Award
June 2, 2025
In a remote part of Maine, an individual with a representative payee was subjected to horrific conditions, neglect, and financial exploitation. Thanks to the swift and determined action of DRME, this individual is now safe and receiving the support and services they deserve.
General - Representative Payees
Impact of the Representative Payee Program in 2023-2024
January 7, 2025
We recently completed a review of the Representative Payee Program for the program year between 2023 and 2024. NDRN and the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Network work in collaboration with the Social Security Administration to monitor representative payees throughout the country.
Publication - Community Integration
Members of the National Disability Rights Network Receive Special Recognition
June 14, 2023
Four members of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) received the NDRN Advocacy Award for outstanding work protecting and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.
Statement - Representative Payees
Trump Signs Legislation Protecting Beneficiaries of Social Security Disability Benefits
April 13, 2018
WASHINGTON – President Trump has signed into law legislation that will increase oversight and protection for some of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. The bill, called the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act (H.R. 4547), will increase independent oversight of the Social Security Administration’s Representative Payee Program.
Press Release - Representative Payees
House of Representatives Creates New Protection and Advocacy for Social Security Beneficiaries
February 6, 2017
WASHINGTON – Last night the United States House of Representative passed H.R. 4547, the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act, with a 396-0 vote.
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