Can a Person Who Receives Disability Benefits Own a Car?
The short answer is yes, but the longer answer is more complicated. Car ownership in the context of someone with special needs is not a simple proposition.
Read moreThe short answer is yes, but the longer answer is more complicated. Car ownership in the context of someone with special needs is not a simple proposition.
Read moreBecause access to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) depends on a beneficiary's income and resources, even small increases in income can cause a reduction or loss of SSI benefits. Unfortunately, when an SSI beneficiary's parent is ordered to pay child support,...
Read moreA bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would finally allow military retirees to name special needs trusts as beneficiaries of Survivor Benefit Plans, a change that could dramatically improve the lives of military children with disabilities.
Read morePeople who receive certain government benefits may be penalized for getting married and living with their spouses. Here's how.
Read moreAdministering 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.
Read moreIn addition to federal benefits like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), disabled veterans who have served our country during wartime are also entitled to a pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Read moreIn one of its first acts of the new Congress, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives changed its rules to prevent lawmakers from shifting money from the Social Security retirement trust fund to the Social Security disability trust fund unless the...
Read moreIn a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court recently ruled that Cheryl Perich, a tenured teacher at a Lutheran elementary school in Michigan, had no right to sue the school for employment discrimination after she was laid off for taking time...
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court deadlocks on a New York City case holding that the city must pay for the private school tutition of a learning disabled child even though the child has not tried the public school system first.
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