Payments from Non-Special Needs Trusts to People with Special Needs
For people with special needs, receiving a payment from a non-special needs trust may have significant consequences. In fact, any unexpected payments can jeopardize a person with special needs’ eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, Medicaid, and...
How Much Money Do You Need to Fund a Special Needs Trust?
If you are thinking about forming a special needs trust, you may be wondering how much money you need to fund it. In truth, there is no way to know how much your child will need for the rest of their lifetime, nor what government benefit programs will even exist...
Special Needs Future Planning When Future Health Care Funding Is Uncertain
Parents of children with special needs, advocates, and care providers have followed recent news about health care funding with worry, because health care funding proposals would cut Medicaid funding by 25 percent or more. While lawmakers in Washington have not passed...