ABLE Accounts: What They Are and Why They Might Be Needed
Beth C. Manes, Esq., Explains Able Accounts to Empower Special Needs Families Parents often ask for advice on what to do with the assets owned by their adult children with...
Legal & Planning
“Mission Critical” Financial Planning: 3 Tips for Special Needs Security
Ensuring Financial Security for Your Child with Special Needs: Insights from James Lange Seasoned financial expert James Lange, a CPA and parent of a child with a disability, shares mission-critical...
Tech Tools to try in 2024
Many people associate the beginning of a new year with a time of renewal, starting fresh, and setting new goals or resolutions. We at BridgingApps like to take time to...
Rep Payee Tip
“I’m sorry but you’re name is not on the records as Elizabeth’s representative payee.” “But, I am her legal guardian, doesn’t that work?” “Not for Social Security ( SSA) you...
Achieving a Better Quality of Life through Person Centered Planning
Have you heard about Person-centered planning? During the times of deinstitutionalization in the 1970’s, a group of passionate advocates who supported people with disabilities started to consider quality of life....
How to Manage it All When You Are in the Sandwich Generation
Are You In The Sandwich Generation and Need Help Doing It All? [Click to Listen to Podcast] Are you a caregiver for a child with special needs and an aging...
Elder Care Decisions Checklist
FREE DOWNLOADS: Elder Care Decisions CHECKLIST We may not notice that our parents and well, us too! Are getting to an age where we need to think about advanced planning....
Have You heard? IRS Increases Limit For ABLE Accounts
Federal gift tax exclusion has increased from $16,000 to $17,000 annually. This increase went into effect this month and is allowing people with disabilities to save more money without jeopardizing...
Tip to Grow Your Loved Ones’ Independence
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Eric Goll asked over 9,500 families, “What their #1 Strategy was for helping their loved one with a developmental disability gain more independence?” He received...
Using Research to Guide Decision Making
Research As family members of someone with a disability, we are often torn when trying to decide what’s best for our kids. Thanks to the internet, there are answers to...