Bipartisan Bill Proposes Savings Accounts for Disabled
A bill that would create IRA-like tax-exempt savings accounts for individuals with disabilities has bipartisan support in the Senate.
Read moreA bill that would create IRA-like tax-exempt savings accounts for individuals with disabilities has bipartisan support in the Senate.
Read moreBeneficiaries of a special needs trust can still qualify for federal housing assistance programs like Section 8, but careful planning is required to avoid having benefits reduced or eliminated.
Read moreThe Senate has passed a bill that would postpone the Bush administration's effort to restrict case management services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries, including individuals with physical or mental disabilities and children in foster care.
Read moreWhen care needs are significant or family members cannot be available, parents may wish to include instructions in a special needs trust for the trustee to retain a professional care manager.
Read moreIt is possible to qualify for benefits from the Social Security Administration, like Supplemental Security Income (SSI), without a birth certificate.
Read moreA special education school in Massachusetts is being allowed to continue its practice of administering electric shocks to students after a prank caller ordered two students to be given shocks.
Read moreNew rules issued by the Bush administration would drastically reduce the help those with special needs receive when leaving an institution.
Read moreAn Arkansas appeals court has ruled that a father may end child support payments to his adult son with special needs after the son's move to a group home where his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) now covers his monthly expenses.
Read moreHundreds of thousands of Social Security disability (SSD) claimants are waiting up to three years for a resolution of their disability appeals, and during the wait more and more claimants are losing their homes, filing for bankruptcy, or dying from...
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