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- “Wings for All” Activists Make a Dream Come True
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- Considerations Selecting a Family Trustee
- Mother and Son Activists Shared Story in Far from the Tree
- Obstacles Remain to Exercise of Voting Rights by Individuals with Disabilities
- How to Handle SSI Overpayments
- When Should a Special Needs Trust Be Updated?
- SNA and ANRC Partner on ABLE Education
- Five Activities to Improve Your Child’s Communication Skills
- More Monitoring of Representative Payees
- Housing: A Big Piece of Puzzle for Ensuring Your Loved One’s Future
- SNT Beneficiaries on the Move: Third in a Series
- Planning for Mental Illness Flare-Ups
- How to Get Started with Special Needs Planning
- Staying Independent
- The Impact of Tax Reform on Special Needs Planning
- Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Under Medicare and Medicaid
- Connecting Through Sports
- Should You Transfer 529 College Savings to an ABLE Account?
- Don’t Let an Emergency Find You Unprepared
- Paid Family and Medical Leave: The Disability Angle
- Citizenship Status and Special Needs
- Government Benefits for Vets with PTSD
- SNT Beneficiaries on the Move: First in a Series
- Travelers with Special Needs Learn Ins and Outs of Airports
- Crowdfunding Should Be Handled with Care
- Changing Attitudes Towards Guardianship
- Special Ed Needs Flexibility
- Two Different Types of Special Needs Trusts
- Avoiding SSI Reductions When An Adult With Disabilities Lives With Family
- In Case You Missed This: Adopting A Child With Special Needs
- Trust Protectors for Special Needs Trusts
- Where Can Service Animals Go?
- ABLE Accounts and SNTs: How to Choose?
- Buying A Vehicle With Funds From A Pooled Special Needs Trust
- Appealing Medicaid And SSI Decisions: Know Your Rights
- Supreme Court Special Ed Decision Leaves Questions Unanswered
- The Social Security Administration’s Special Needs Trusts Review Process
- American Health Care Act Sparks Controversy
- Recognizing and Preventing Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults
- Terminating a Special Needs Trust
- Filing a Tax Return for a Special Needs Trust: What a Trustee Needs to Know at Tax Time
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: A Time to Reflect
- The “Special Needs Trust Fairness Act” is Finally Law: Individuals with Disabilities Can Now Establish Their Own Trusts
- Proposed Changes to Public Benefits Create Confusion
- A Place Of Her Own (Part II)
- Retirement Funds and SNTs
- A Place Of Her Own
- Kids with Special Needs Learn about Air Travel
- ABLE Implementation: Fall 2016 Update
- Expanding ABLE: Three Bills to Improve the ABLE Program
- Transferring Guardianship Across State Lines
- When Should You Consider a Pooled Trust?
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- Building Lyn’s Future Plan: Through the Lockes’ Eyes
- Adopting a Child with Special Needs
- SSI Rules for Students
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- Special Needs Trusts and Federal Student Aid
- I Just Want to Raise My Child:
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- Tips for Negotiating the Best IEP
- Disabled Military Child Protection Act Policy Issued
- Roundup: Family Case Study/Modified Curriculums/Paying Home Care Workers
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- Income Taxes and Special Needs
- Strategies for Funding a Special Needs Trust
- Choosing Summer Camp for Kids with Disabilities
- Special Needs and the Affordable Care Act
- Long Waiting Lists for Community Services Deny ADA Rights
- Trust Advisory Committees Can Guide Trustee Decisions
- Pairing Advance Directives with Supported Decision-Making
- Celebrating the Holidays When a Child Has Special Needs
- Consider Special-Purpose Trusts When Facing Mental Illness or Substance Abuse
- Implementing the ABLE Act
- A Delicate Balance – How Working Affects Public Benefits
- Representative Payee for Social Security Benefits
- A Delicate Balance – How Working Affects Public Benefits
- Distributions from Special Needs Trusts: In Kind Distributions, Credit Cards, Gift Cards, or Debit Cards
- Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome: A Little-Understood Disability
- Ignoring Medicare Set-Asides Puts Coverage at Risk
- Telephone Scams Preying on Vulnerable Adults
- Disabled Military Child Protection Act
- Back-to-School Tips for Children with Special Needs
- Siblings Don’t Always Make the Best Trustees
- Justice Department Upholds Rights of Seniors with Disabilities
- Making the Most of Summer Vacation
- Medicare Observation Status: Denying Medicare Coverage for Skilled Nursing Home Care
- A Wake up Call for Professional Trustees and Parents
- The ABLE Act – A New Tool for Special Needs Planning
- Attorneys Use Technology to Better Serve Clients
- Bullying of the Special Needs Child and What Parents Can Do
- SNTs, Qualified Disability Trusts and ABLE Accounts: Slashing Tax Liability
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: Opportunities and Misconceptions
- Understanding the Role of Representative Payee
- Crossing State Lines
- New Savings Accounts May Fund Care for Individuals with Disabilities
- Recommended Books for the Special Needs Community
- Summary of Disability Benefits
- When Good Fortune Means Upheaval: Careful Spend Downs Can Preserve Vital Benefits
- New Congress: Opportunities for New Champions
- Congress Passes ABLE Act
- Congress Helps Vets Safeguard Security of Kids with Disabilities
- The Arc’s Center for Future Planning Launches Website!
- Child Support for an Adult Child with Disabilities
- Government Benefits as a Foundation for Special Needs Planning
- Preparing Seniors for Long-Distance Travel
- The Arc’s Chapters – Making the Future More Secure for Families Across the Country
- Through a Parent’s Lens
- How to Assess Future Life Needs for a Loved One with a Disability
- A College Freshman with Learning Differences
- SSDI Is Often a Lifeline
- Do I Really Need A Professional Trustee For My Special Needs Trust?
- Naming a Special Needs Trust as Beneficiary of your IRA or Retirement Plan
- When People with Disabilities Divorce
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- Getting Creative: Models for Filling the Housing Gap
- Trustees Should Use Professional Administration for MSAs Inside SNTs
- Second Chance: Rescued Dogs Help Vets Heal
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- Missing the Mark – Government Housing Programs for People with Special Needs
- Understanding SNT Groundrules Can Avoid Disappointment
- The Affordable Care Act and Personal Injury Awards
- Tax Tips for Parents of a Child with Special Needs
- Understanding VA Disability Benefits
- The Arc Launches New Center for Criminal Justice and Disability
- Tough Choices: People with Disabilities Face Housing Crisis
- The Arc Reacts to Startling New Bureau of Justice Statistics on Crimes against People with Cognitive and Other Disabilities
- Getting Out the Vote: Improving Access for Voters with Disabilities
- Choosing the Right Nursing Home
- Care Managers Can Reduce Family Pressures
- Transferring Guardianship Between States
- Do Not Hospitalize Directives Often Confuse
- Young Artist with Autism Finds Critical Acclaim
- End-of-Year Tax Considerations
- Family Members Should Consider Trust Protector Role
- Reflections on Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- Mental Illness Awareness Month
- Tax Planning for Families With Special Needs
- Structured Settlements and SNTs
- The Untapped Talent of Workers with Disabilities
- March Is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- Microboards and Guardianship
- Head Over Heart Moving to a Group Home
- Self-Advocacy’s Growing Momentum
- When Medicaid or SSI Benefits are Denied or Terminated – Now What?
- Home Care for Alzheimer’s
- Preparation Pays at Special Ed Meetings
- Unfinished Business
- When A Family Member Serves As Trustee (Part II): The Devil Is In The Details
- Not Accepting “No”: Tips on Advocating Change
- Keeping Seniors with Developmental Disabilities in the Community
- Liability for Medicare Set-Asides Largely Undefined
- Graduating from Special Ed, Anticipating College
- Letter of Intent
- Remember, Transitional Planning Works at the Other End of the Life Spectrum, Too!
- Does My Child Need a Guardianship?
- Tax Considerations in Personal Injury Settlements
- Caregiving in a Digital World
- Developing an Estate Plan for Parents of Children with Disabilities: A 15-Step Approach
- Making School Sports Accessible
- How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect SNTs?
- Thinking It Through
- Caregiver Burnout Hurts the Entire Family
- Using Private Trustees to Administer Special Needs Trusts
- After the Evaluation . . .
- Tax Tips for Families with Special Needs
- Updating Your Special Needs Trust – Begin with a Self Review
- Caregiver Agreements Can Clarify Family Roles
- Your Special Needs Trust (“SNT”) Defined
- Transition Planning Can Shape a Life
- Structured Settlements Don’t Always Make Sense
- Alzheimer’s Alters Family Roles
- SSI Overpayments: How Does It Happen and What Can One Do?
- Don’t Forget Living Space Adaptations When Planning for Special Needs
- Preventing the Abuse of Individuals with Disabilities
- Early Intervention Can Change a Life
- When a Family Member Serves as Trustee – “Fair and Honest Is Not Enough”
- Military Families Face Legal Inequities
- Special Needs Trusts and the Purchase of a Vehicle
- The Emotional Journey of Families with Special Needs
- VA Benefits: A Broken Bureaucracy
- Divorce and Children with Special Needs
- SNAP! Food Assistance for Persons with Disabilities
- What Makes Autism so Uniquely Stressful?
- Funding a Special Needs Trust with Life Insurance
- The Search for Community-Based Jobs
- Charitable Intentions – Uncharitable Results
- The Katie Beckett Difference
- False Arrest
- How to Fight Bullying
- Citizenship Status and Disability Benefits
- A Self-Advocate’s Perspective
- Sibling Perspectives on Special Needs
- Buying a House – More Questions
- Making a Difference with Sports
- What Are You Waiting For?
- Dogs with a Mission
- To Plan or Not to Plan – That Is Not the Question
- Private Disability Insurance
- Music as a Healing Art
- Benefits for Special Needs Children of Civil Service Employees
- Special Education Under Siege
- A Few Thoughts about Special Needs Planning for Mental Illness
- Is a Qualified Disability Trust Appropriate?
- Medicaid and Special Needs
- A Short Primer on Trusts and Trust Taxation
- Advocacy in an Election Year
- Using Pooled Trusts In Estate Planning
- The Letter of Intent: Advice for the Future Team
- Military Life Complicates Care Plans for Dependents with Special Needs
- Dear Grandma and Grandpa…
- Accessible Transportation Is Key to Independence
- Is There a Place for a Family Member with Special Needs in The Family Business?
- Balancing Wages with Public Benefits
- Work History Requirements for Social Security Disability Insurance
- Guardianship Varies by State
- The Education Power of Attorney: Empowering Students with Disabilities
- The Trust Protector as Insurance Policy
- Special Needs Information on the Internet: Proceed with Caution
- Divorce Settlements Can Imperil Public Benefits
- Utilizing the Spend Down Option to Maintain SSI and/or Medicaid Eligibility
- Better Advocacy Through Acronyms
- Transition Planning Should Start Early
- Community-Based Residences Make Social and Economic Sense
- The Mission Project
- The Danger of Medicaid Block Grants
- Buying a House for a Special Needs Beneficiary: Proceed with Care!
- Avoid This Common Banking Error
- Decisions Arising with the Death of a Child
- The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIP) Under 2010’s Health Care Reform Law
- The Pitfalls of Caregiver Employment: Paying, Withholding, and Reporting Requirements
- The Impact of Special Needs Trusts on Eligibility for Subsidized Housing
- The Other Special Need: Planning for Those with Severe Mental Illness
- Comparing Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Special Benefits for Military Families — Elect With Care
- The Past, Present and Future of Community Living for Persons with Disabilities – A Christmas Carol
- What Health Reform Means for Persons with Disabilities
- Veteran’s Benefits
- Dear Grandma and Grandpa…
- Life Insurance on a Child with Special Needs: Benefits and Challenges
- Planning Options With Retirement Benefits
- Retirement Accounts and Government Benefits
- Crummey Doesn’t Mean Lousy
- Being Prepared For a Disaster
- What happens when persons living with disabilities marry?
- Housecleaning? Please Don’t Pitch These Records!
- Signing the Social Security Application
- Life Insurance and Children With a Disability
- 18, 19, 21 Candles on that Cake
- Pooled Trusts for Individuals with Special Needs
- Taxes and Special Needs Trusts
- Estate Planning for People with Disabilities
- Medicare Premium Rules Will Affect Some Large Trusts
- Advocacy for Parents of Children with Disabilities
- The Secret of When Less Is More
- Top Ten Tips When Planning For Special Needs
- What Property May a Person Receiving SSI Own?
- “I’m Glad She Did That”
- The Military’s Survivor Benefit Plan and the Disabled Child
- Special Needs Trusts and “Qualified Disability Trusts”
- Generational Planning: When the Caregiver Needs Help
- Planning for Multiple Generations
- Peering Into the Crystal Ball: Planning for Potential Disability
- Choosing an Attorney to Help With Special Needs Planning
- Is My Money Safe?
- Realistically Assessing an Exceptional Child s Future
- Planning Your Estate: When a “Simple Will” Won’t Suffice
- Insurance and Other Concerns for Parent/Caregiver
- What to Pay Before Funding a Special Needs Trust
- Economic Stimulus Payments and TV Converter Box Coupons
- Our Readers’ (That Is, Your) Questions
- Moving a Special Needs Trust to a New State
- What Can a Special Needs Trust Pay For?
- Structuring a Personal Injury Settlement
- Beware of UTMA Accounts
- Fixing a Flawed Special Needs Estate Plan
- Third Party Special Needs Trusts
- Questions About Setting Up a Special Needs Trust
- Managing Care: A Looming Perfect Storm
- A Reader’s Question About Pooled Trusts
- Subsidized Housing and Special Needs Trusts
- Special Needs Trusts and Individual Retirement Accounts
- Veterans and Special Needs Trusts
- Non-Profit Organizations as Trustees of Special Needs Trusts
- Alternatives to Litigation Special Needs Trusts
- Estate Planning for Families With Special Needs Children
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- Wilcox G CANHR Finley Case
- Wilcox G CANHR SNT vs Section 8
- Tripp-Adult Sample Resource Management Report
- Tripp-Divorced Parents SNT Sample Report
- Tripp-Presentation Outline
- Armchair Chat – 2/9/15
- Top 10 issues-Michael Morris
- Voorhees-Schedule 3 – CMS Region IX CA AZ HI Bosserman Letter on MSP Liability Post Settlement 070302
- Voorhees Schedule 7 – AAJ Important Medicare Set Aside Information 081109
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- Why Would You Want to Use a Corporate
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- HookMacDonald-Integrating Special Needs and Financial Planning
- Korch-State by State Subrogation
- Voorhees-Schedule 6 – Resolution of a Case with a Medicare Claimant – For the Defense – May 2009
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- Using the Web to network – Chicago lawyer article
- Voorhees-Schedule 2 – CFRs on Recovery of Conditional Payments 42 cfr 411.24
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- Welcome to the 2014 Spring Meeting of the Special Needs Alliance
- UCP Presentation 2007 color
- Voorhees-Schedule 1 – TITLE 42 USC 1395y Exclusions from Coverage and Medicare as Secondary Payer
- WC-Medicare Letter from CMS re MSP-WC FAQ
- Website content planning guide
- SNA Comerica June3 2008
- Whitenack-Setting and collecting fees
- Using Special Needs Trusts in EP
- WC-Medicare Letter from CMS re MSP-WC FAQ-add
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- LowderScales-Washington JE Lucas CtyOH based on Ahlborn
- Medicaid Lien with Provider Detail
- NAELA SNA Amici Curiae Brief 11-27-13
- Public Policy Decision Making Protocol FINAL
- R. Landsman Book Final draft 2-22-2011
- Rubin-Dale-EP MAGAZINE ARTICLE FEB 2011 RUBIN
- SNA Capitol Connection Sept. 2010
- Special Needs Alliance Listserver FAQ
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- BuyingHome 2008
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- Fleming – Prudent Investor Rule
- GENEX_MSA_Presentation_11FEB08
- Guide Special Trusts 2008
- Personal Injury Special Needs Alliance Spring 2012
- Title II Work Rules
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- Trustee HB Order Form 2011
- Wong v. NYDHS
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- Medicares Interest in Liability Cases
- SNTVIII Update 2006
- Special Needs Alliance Fall 2013 Meeting on 10-19-13
- Supplemental Income 2008
- Title II and SSI Work Rules1
- Utilizing SSSNTs to Protect Public Benefits1
- Beneficiary 2010 Special Needs Trust Letter
- CMS 07-11-05
- Elder Law Issues in Divorce Practice
- Motor Vehicle Seminar 11.06
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- What My Family Should Know
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- What Exceptional Parents Need to Know About SSI Deeming
- Whitenack – Special Needs Trust Powepoint Presentation
- Who Will Get The Benefit of Your Work Landsman 6-2-07
- Who Will Get The Benefit of Your Work.FINAL
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- We Are SNA 2008
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- What Can An SNT Pay For — Mayo December 2009 FINAL
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- Category: Press Releases
- Special Needs Alliance Announces the 2019 – 2020 Board of Directors
- Special Needs Alliance Launches New, Enhanced Website
- Call to Action! Ask Federal Legislators to Co-Sponsor Bills Benefiting People with Disabilities
- Robert Fechtman Elected President of Special Needs Alliance®
- SNA and ANRC Partner on ABLE Education
- Justice Department Upholds Rights of Seniors with Disabilities
- PBATS and The Arc Join Forces to Promote Inclusion
- Call to Action! Ask Federal Legislators to Co-Sponsor Bills Benefiting People with Disabilities
- Harkin Report Cites Lack of Community Services
- Looming Budget Deadlines Threaten Safety Net
- It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
- CCD Task Force Seeks to Improve Social Security Processes
- “Less Visible” Federal Programs Could Feel Budget Ax
- CLASS Act’s Demise Underscores Long-Term Care Crisis
- Alliance Praises Passage of ADA Amendments Act
- Remembering Harriet McBryde Johnson
- International Attention Focused on Disabilities
- Category: SNA in the News
- HUD Releases ABLE Account Guidance
- ABLE Accounts Can Help People With Disabilities Save Tax-Free
- Four Financial Steps to Take if You’re Raising a Child With Special Needs
- Podcast: ABLE Accounts and Taxes: What special needs families need to know
- What the Federal Tax Overhaul Means for Families with Special Needs
- Does Your Child Quality for Supplemental Security Income? Dispelling Misconceptions.
- Few Parents Plan For Future Of Children With Disabilities, Study Finds
- Preparing for a life after death: A guide for parents of adult children with special needs
- ABLE Accounts Can Help People With Disabilities Save Tax-Free
- Elder Law Guys: Special Needs Trust Fairness Act to help those with disabilities
- Plan Early for Your Child’s Long-Term Security
- What Happens to My Special Needs Child After I Die?
- Inside The New 529 ABLE Savings Accounts
- Financial Help for Parents of Special-Needs Children
- Finding Out Your Power of Attorney Is Powerless
- When Special Needs Kids Turn 18
- A Closer Look at 529 Able Accounts
- ABLE Account or Special Needs Trust: How to Decide?
- Create a Plan for an Adult Child With Disabilities
- How to Draw Up a Special Needs Trust for a Child With Disabilities
- Special Needs Services That Can Be Claimed on a Tax Return
- Courtney testifies before Congress on behalf of persons with disabilities
- Life Insurance for Parents of Children With Special Needs
- Financial Planning for Parents with Disabled Children
- Tips for the Future Care of Disabled Family Members
- New Law Eases Burden for Special Needs Military Kids
- State Court Case Puts Trustees of Special Needs Trusts on Alert
- Is a Health Care Proxy Right for Your Child With Disabilities?
- Running START: First Steps for Writing the Letter of Intent
- “High Potential: The Affordable Care Act for Individuals with Special Needs”
- “Tips on the Affordable Care Act”
- Key Considerations for Special Needs Planning
- The Ruling That Could Change Everything For Disabled People With Million-Dollar Trusts
- A Special Needs Trust Provides for Disabled
- Special Needs Clients: ‘Retirement for 3’
- Thompson Bill Offers People with Disabilities Control Over Financial Trusts
- “Paying for Special Needs”
- “Expense & Emotions in Preparing for Long-Term Care”
- View “My Special Child: Protecting Their Future”
- Listen: Autism roundtable on the numbers, challenges, growing support
- “The Caregiver’s Book Shelf: A Law Guide for Seniors”
- Care by Consensus
- “Tables Reserved for the Healthiest”
- Listen: SNA member discusses “Medicare Set Aside Arrangements & Mass Torts” on Ringler Radio/ Legal Talk Network
- Category: THE VOICE
- Preserving SSI When Divorcing Parents Have a Child with Disabilities
- How In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) Affects Benefits
- SNT Beneficiaries on the Move: Second in a Series
- Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) – How to Open an ABLE Account
- New Rule Would Ban Required Arbitration in Nursing Home Disputes
- Katie Beckett Waiver Brings Home Care to Kids with Serious Disabilities
- How You Can Promote Supported Decision-Making for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 25
- Having Your Say: What if Advance Directives Are Ignored?
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