Demonstration for State Assistance in the Conduct of Background Checks of Potential Representative Payees for Federal Entitlement Programs

摘要

The project set out to demonstrate the feasibility of state assistance in the conduct of background checks of potential representative payees for certain Social Security Administration (SSA) entitlement programs. The project's purpose was twofold: to explore the feasibility of forming intergovernmental partnerships between SSA field personnel and state law enforcement officials to establish criminal history screening procedures involving fingerprinting of payee applicants, and to help the SSA determine the usefulness of state criminal history records (CHR) as a source of information concerning payee candidates' character and trustworthiness.