• Resident of Galveston or Brazoria County
• Mentally disabled individuals who appear to meet the SSA's Listing of Impairments
  

Mentally disabled consumers are provided with staff trained in Social Security Administration (SSA) rules and regulations to assist them in developing their case and processing their claim through to a favorable decision with the SSA.

• Gulf Coast Center consumers who are unable to manage their financial affairs any other individual or organization is willing and/or able to assume responsibility

Center consumers who are receiving Supplementary Security Income and/or retirement, survivors, or disability benefits are accepted for services when they are identified by the Social Security Administration as needing a representative payee.