Articles
Special Needs Resource Library
- BOOKLET: Coming of Age in Massachusetts
- Intellectual Disability Policy as Developed, Expressed, and Evaluated in AAIDD/The Arc Joint Statements: The Role of Organization Position Statements
- BOOKLET: Special Needs Trust Management
- The Importance of Incorporating Beneficiary Designations into an Estate Plan
- Social Security and Rep Payees
- Supplemental Needs Trusts and Nursing Home Planning
- Protect Assets with Qualified Special Needs Trusts When A Parent or Grandparent Enters A Nursing Home
- Post-Emancipation Support Available Only If Adult Child Is Under Guardianship
- ABLE Program Launched in MA: The Attainable Savings Plan?
- Disability Advocates Prepare for Multiple Attacks on Lifeline Services
- Documents Your Child Should Sign Before Leaving for College
- Estate Planning for the Adult Child Who Acts Out, Has Addictions, or Is Otherwise Challenged
- Future Planning for Adults with Disabilites and the Families that Support Them
- Gift Cards and Gift Certificates – Legal Prohibition?
- How Grandparents Can Help When An Adult Child Has a Child with Special Needs
- Independent Living for a Family Member with a Lifelong Disability
- Introduction to Government Benefits
- Issues When a Party in a Divorce Has a Disability or Has a Child With a Disability
- Lifelong Planning for Families with a Member With Long-Term Disabilities
- Memo to Parents Concerning First Party OBRA ‘93 Special Needs Trusts
- Memo to Trustees of OBRA '93 Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Military Child Protection Act Enables Military Members to Name Special Needs Trusts as Beneficiaries of a Survivor Benefit Plan
- Siblings Role in Managing a Special Needs Trust
- Special Needs Trust Helps Ensure Support, Care
- Introduction to Social Security Benefits Available to Persons with Disabilities
- Creating a Real Home for a Family Member with a Disability: Top Ten Tips
- Integrating Futures Planning, Estate Planning and Legal Protections for Persons with Disabilities: A Primer
- OBRA `93 Changes in Medicaid Transfer of Asset Rules
- Personal Injury Settlements: Planning Considerations for Persons with Disabilities
- Preparing a Life-Planning Document for Your Disabled Family Member
- Special Needs Planning and Life Insurance
- Special Needs Planning for Extended Family Members
- Special Needs Trust Expenditures Can Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Thinking Beyond Special Needs Trusts
- Understanding Special Needs Planning
- Worried About Losing Your Home to the Costs of Long-Term Care?
- A Comparison Between First and Third Party Special Needs Trusts and ABLE Act
- Government Benefits for Persons Who Are Disabled
- For Recipients of SSI, SSDI, and RSDI: Important Information About Economic Impact Payments
- Update for SSI, SSDI Recipients: Most Will Receive Economic Impact Payments Automatically
- Guardianship and Alternatives
- Common Pitfalls in Administering a 3rd Party Funded Supplemental Needs Trust or OBRA ‘93 Special Needs Trusts
- DDS Application and Appeals Process: Getting to Eligibility
- Using ABLE Accounts to Avoid a One Third Loss in SSI
- How Work Affects SSI, SSDI and CDB Eligibility
- Life Planning Document Worksheet
