Dec 1, 2025 | ABLE Accounts, Blog
The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act is a federal law that allows some people with disabilities or their family members to establish a tax-free savings account for their financial needs. Recent federal legislation, including the ABLE Adjustment Act and...
Nov 17, 2025 | ABLE Accounts, Blog
The Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, which Congress passed in 2014, is designed to allow persons with disabilities to save funds for future needs in a tax-advantaged account while still maintaining their eligibility for certain means-tested public benefits...
Nov 3, 2025 | Blog, ABLE Accounts, Government Programs, Social Security, Special Needs Trusts
As children with special needs age, parents increasingly need to consider their future care needs, which include developing a long-term care plan. Examining long-term care options for adult children with special needs is crucial to protecting their future when parents...
Sep 22, 2025 | Blog, Government Funding, Government Programs
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently withdrew its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would have phased out the payment of subminimum wages to workers with disabilities. In its withdrawal notice, the DOL justified its decision by noting the more than 17,000...
Sep 15, 2025 | Blog, Special Needs Trusts
The traditional nuclear family is largely a thing of the past. Blended families, in which one or both spouses have children from previous relationships, are an increasingly common phenomenon. “Nontraditional” families, including blended families, now...
Sep 8, 2025 | Blog, Government Funding, Government Programs, Illinois, Resources
The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) has announced that in July 2025, the PUNS Unit of its Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) selected every eligible adult who has been waiting to apply for Developmental Disability (DD) waiver services for more...
