Special Needs Trusts

After falling short in the previous Congress, Congressmen Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-Pa) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) recently introduced the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015, a bill designed to make it easier for people with special needs to...

We have a brother with special needs -- a documented intellectual disability -- who works full time and does not receive benefits. Our father just died and we have money coming, but he did not include our brother in his...

I know that a special needs trust cannot pay for food or shelter for an SSI beneficiary without affecting her benefits.  But what about paying for food or shelter for an SSDI beneficiary?...

Can a special needs trust pay for the beneficiary's doctor-prescribed special diet?...

Is there an organization that evaluates pooled trusts and rates them like other charities?...

The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, a bill that would allow people with disabilities to create their own first-party special needs trusts without having to rely on others, has passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 382 to...

Over the past several years, crowdfunding and personal fundraising have become popular ways to raise money for people in need.  Unfortunately, when crowdfunding sites are established for people with special needs who are receiving disability or medical benefits, even with...

Trustees of special needs trusts have many important responsibilities, but these five likely rank at the top of any trustee's list.

The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, a bill that would correct a decades-old error in federal law that prohibits people with special needs from creating their own special needs trusts, has passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...