Future Planning for Families with Disabled Members

• AchievingIndependence  - Site dedicated to persons with disabilities. Presents advocacy alerts, workshops, and classes.
• The Center for Special Needs Planning  - Facility aimed at addressing the legal needs of families that have members with disabilities. Site presents center news and an archive of pertinent articles.
• Diann Jones  - Offers special needs planning, resources, and advocacy services. With video clippings and an events calendar.
• Five County Mental Health Authority  - Assists individuals suffering mental illnesses, developmental disability, and addictive disorder through support groups and online screenings.
• Life Enrichment Trust, Inc.  - Corporate fiduciary allows people to safeguard assets and financially plan for the future of their relatives with disabilities.
• Maine Trust for People with Disabilities  - Provider of services that allow families to set up special needs trust for their disabled relatives. Site provides information on setting up an account.
• Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network  - Nonprofit organization aims to enhance the quality of life and security of individuals with disability by building programs and coordinating with government-funded support services.
• Special Needs Answers  - Online community for special needs planners. Presents news, field updates, and pertinent resources.