ACHIEVA Family Trust

Individuals with disabilities and their families face significant challenges in planning for their financial stability. The ACHIEVA Family Trust, a member of the ACHIEVA family of organizations, counsels individuals on disability-based financial and estate planning. Created in 1998 to address parents' concerns about disinheriting their child with a disability, The ACHIEVA Family Trust now serves over 1,000 individuals, providing peace of mind to families and caregivers.

ACHIEVA Family Trust

• Provides life planning services for persons with disabilities and their families, including planning tools, supports that augment government funded services, and asset management. Click here for our services.

• Uses trust funds to enhance the quality of beneficiaries’ lives.

• Develops a charitable fund to benefit people with disabilities.

ACHIEVA Family Trust recognizes and values

• The importance of assisting persons with disabilities and their families to plan for the future.

• The rights of persons with disabilities to live and plan for secure and fulfilling lives in a way that recognizes their individual preferences, capabilities, and quality of life.

The Reasons for a Trust

• Click here to learn how people with disabilities and their families can use Medicaid Qualified “special needs trusts” to supplement government supports and services.

The services of ACHIEVA Family Trust are available to all persons with disabilities and their families in Pennsylvania and other states. Representatives of ACHIEVA Family Trust are also available to speak to professional advisors and family groups concerned with financial and estate plans that include people with disabilities.  For more information contact, Kathleen D. Hendrickson, Esq. President at 412-995-5000 ext. 405 or via email at khendrickson@achieva.info, or Maria Smith, M.Ed., Vice President at 412-995-5000 ext. 434.