Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 You can check with THE ARC in Washington state or there is one in almost every state They should have information on a Special Needs trust that is managed thru them My husband and I are setting up for our son. I have worked alot in this field of Special needs and there are others available or you can have more then one at once. In Washington state the State will match up to 7,000.00 I believe, Worth while checking into. Carolyn Tacoma, Washington Wyatt l8yrs DS, Autism not diagnosed by DR but diagnosed by Mom and Dad. (Just haven't had it formally done) Sister a 21yrs in college. sara cohen wrote: Vital in most states. You can " save " up to $2,000 without losing Social Security, but states vary as to whether you can have even that on Medicaide. One can own a car though. So Elie will be buying a car this year - for his transport, not to drive. A very small older car that can take him to Dr. appointments and out and about with his hired respite person. Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons. > >Reply-To: >To: < > >Subject: savings accounts...Donnell...Laci >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:50:12 -0800 > >Hello all! >Donnell glad to see your post! Sounds like you had a very busy holiday!! >I was reading the posts about Selective Service and thanking God > is a girl, but then I have a 19month boy, and know we'll have >to have him register. Anyways, Laci you mentioned a savings account >for Landon. We were told that here in California at least, not to have >anything saved for unless it was in a special needs trust. >Since here in CA at least, if anything were to happen to me or my >husband, the state would take all of her savings away to care for her. >In a special needs truts, which I believe it set up by a paralegal >and/or attorney, things for her are protected. Am I right? Does anyone >have info on this? > > > >-------------------------------------------------- >Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of >our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by >including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the >archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ >-------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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