Question: Is going to a church for free food in-kind income for purposes of SSI? Response: Technically, yes, but it’s likely to fall under the radar. Beneficiaries of  Supplemental Security [...]

Question: My 34-year-old daughter was recently diagnosed with a disabling condition and receives SSDI. I have an irrevocable trust dividing my assets among her and her siblings. How do I amend my [...]

Question: I have a special needs trust holding about $200,000. My trustee is charging me attorney fees every month from $136 to $380 an hour. My SSI check is just $550 a month. In the past 12 [...]

Question: I am a 52 year old with a Prader-Willi syndrome child, age 9. We both receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) as well as Section 8 for housing and $15 a month in food stamps in Ohio. [...]

Question: I have two disabled brothers who are 36 and 27 years old. They live with my mom at home who recently retired and started to receive Social Security. As a result, my brothers switched [...]

Question: My daughter is 32 and receives SSI – she has cerebral palsy. My husband and I are over 65, still working, and I plan to start collecting Social Security. Will my daughter [...]

Question: Everything about mom’s assets and estate were kept confidential until after her passing. Can an agent under a durable power of attorney or a trustee (I’m not sure of her [...]

In 2014, Congress passed the much-anticipated Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act to permit the creation of savings and investment accounts for people receiving public benefits and [...]

While setting up a special needs trust will shelter assets—whether inherited (read here), earned, or won as a personal injury settlement or judgment (read here)—so they won’t be counted in [...]

As explained here, Medicaid would count the funds in most trusts you created for yourself or for your spouse as being available if either of you were to apply for benefits. However, the Medicaid [...]