Public Benefits

Administering the California Special Needs Trust is the closest thing to having a special needs planner on call, 24 hours a day, no matter what state you're in.

People who receive certain government benefits may be penalized for getting married and living with their spouses. Here's how.

After fighting for over forty years to make sure that Richard is taken care of, a Colorado woman now has to plan for his future in case something happens to her.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who established the Special Olympics in 1968, passed away on August 11th.

In an apparent violation of federal law, states are increasingly using nursing homes to house young and middle-age people with mental illnesses.

Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) adds new mandatory reporting requirements for insurers to determine whether a claimant is a Medicare beneficiary and report claim information. Ignorance of the law in this area...

The Boston Globe published a three-part special report that focused on children who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Unfortunately, the story gives the impression that children in this position make up the majority of young SSI recipients, when in...

A recent National Public Radio (NPR) report on disability benefits has drawn fire from disability advocates and eight former Commissioners of the Social Security Administration for relying on anecdotal evidence and exaggeration to imply that people are abusing the Social...

On October 8, 2010, President Obama signed the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act into law. The law guarantees those with visual and hearing impairments easy access to communications technologies like the Internet and television.