Representative Payee for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness at Community Counseling Centers of Chicago

This paper describes a representative payee (RP) program at Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4). This program features a mental health agency bank that works with clients and case managers (CMs) to ensure the financial stability of clients. After reviewing the literature on money management...

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Published in:Alcoholism treatment quarterly 1999-08, Vol.17 (1-2), p.169-186
Main Authors: Conrad, Kendon J., Matters, Michael D., Hanrahan, Patricia, Luchins, Daniel J., Savage, Courtenay, Daugherty, Betty, Shinderman, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
central banking system
financial stability
money management
Representative payee
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Summary:This paper describes a representative payee (RP) program at Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4). This program features a mental health agency bank that works with clients and case managers (CMs) to ensure the financial stability of clients. After reviewing the literature on money management services, the chapter discusses the history, context, and target population of the program. It then describes the logic and functioning of representative payeeship and concludes with a discussion of the advantages and challenges involved in implementing an agency RP program with a central banking system.
ISSN:0734-7324
1544-4538
DOI:10.1300/J020v17n01_10