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Moving to a New State Can Get Complicated: Medicaid, SSI, and Other Benefit and Service Migration

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By Wendy H. Sheinberg, CELA Moving to another state is a challenge for most families. If a family member has a disability, that challenge is even greater, as it often requires figuring out how to transfer disability benefits to another state. State benefit programs vary, and states administer federal programs at the local level making it […]

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The Arc’s Center for Future Planning™ Launches Financial Literacy Training for Low-Income Families With Children With Disabilities

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Washington, DC – The Arc’s Center for Future Planning™ is pleased to announce it has received a $200,000 two-year grant from the MetLife Foundation. This funding will be dedicated toward developing a new financial literacy training program for families that include a child with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with a specific interest in reaching […]

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Blaze a Trail to Future Planning

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In the spirit of this year’s Older Americans Month theme, “Blaze a Trail,” The Arc recognizes the many parents of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who fought for decades to raise their children at home, to realize their rights to free and appropriate public education, and for recognition as valued contributors to the […]

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Transferring Guardianship Across State Lines

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By Scott C. Suzuki, Esq., Special Needs Alliance Many individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities are capable of making their own decisions, with or without support, and do not need a guardian. If, however, a person with disabilities has a guardian, there are likely to be complications that should be considered before one or both […]