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Since the disabled beneficiary can't directly access the money in the Michigan Special Needs Trust themselves, the trustee will be responsible for using the money in the trust to supplement your loved ones benefits by paying for things like a caregiver, medical and dental expenses, physical therapy, vehicles, school,
The money simply replaces state-funding benefits and services until their fund drops below the excluded capital level, when they go back on to means-tested benefits. A Vulnerable Beneficiary Trust or Disabled Person's Trust can be a way of ringfencing the windfall so that means-tested benefits are not affected.
A special needs trust is a legal arrangement that lets a physically or mentally ill person, or someone chronically disabled, have access to funding without potentially losing the benefits provided by public assistance programs.
Special Needs Guides SSDI is not a needs-based benefit. If you are on that program for two years, you will also qualify for Medicare. Because SSDI is not needs-based, a special needs trust is not necessary to qualify for it.
Disadvantages to SNTCost. Annual fees and a high cost to set up a SNT can make it financially difficult to create a SNT The yearly costs to manage the trust can be high.Lack of independence.Medicaid payback.
Some of the benefits of utilizing an SNT include asset management and maximizing and maintaining government benefits (including Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income). Some possible negatives of utilizing an SNT include lack of control and difficulty or inability to identify an appropriate Trustee.
Money paid directly to you from the trust reduces your SSI benefit. Money paid directly to someone to provide you with food or shelter reduces your SSI benefit but only up to a certain limit.
The term special needs trust refers to the purpose of the trust to pay for the beneficiary's unique or special needs. In short, the name is focused more on the beneficiary, while the name supplemental needs trust addresses the shortfalls of our public benefits programs.
Funds held in a properly drafted special needs trust will not affect a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Medicaid recipient's benefits. But problems can develop when funds come out of a special needs trust.