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Blog Category: Special Needs Pooled Trusts

Supplemental Security Income Recipients Likely To See Largest Increase In Decades

For 2023, the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA will bring a predicted increase for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, which are expected...

September 20, 2022

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Save Stimulus Money

There are two questions I/DD providers need to be asking right now about this topic: 1) Do our consumers have stimulus money? 2) What...

April 5, 2022

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The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Is Ending – What This Means For I/DD Providers and Consumers Receiving Medicaid

***7/15/22 UPDATE: The Public Health Emergency (PHE) was extended. The new deadline is now 10/13/22.*** ***4/16/22 UPDATE: The Public Health Emergency (PHE) was extended. ...

March 21, 2022

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What’s So Special About Special Needs Pooled Trusts and ABLE Accounts?

We all know it can be a struggle to manage a consumer’s finances and maintain means-tested benefits. Monthly systems need to be built and...

April 5, 2021

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Do Not Needlessly Spend Down Consumers’ Stimulus Money

Consumers received their first stimulus check for $1,200 in April 2020 and were given 12-months before the money was counted as a resource. That...

March 1, 2021

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Can I/DD Transportation Challenges Be Resolved With Individual Car Ownership?

Independence is a major goal for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). To support independent living, access to public and private transportation is...