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Helping people with disabilities and their families plan for the future and enhance their lives through special needs trusts.

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Support for those with a demonstrated need.

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Special Needs Trusts 101

Your quick guide to special needs trusts.

We can help you plan for your loved one's future today with our Future Planning Guide.

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Protecting Futures. Enhancing Lives.

From people with disabilities and their families to the professionals who support them, you've found your resource for both expert social service support and trust management.

Our professional Trust Administrators average 20 years of experience with social service and government benefits.

Programs & Services

Special needs trusts allow you to protect your assets while remaining eligible for Medicaid, Waiver Services and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

We offer three types of special needs trusts. Each allows you to preserve your funds so that you are able to pay for necessities - like home modifications, adapted vehicles and specialized treatments or medications - while maintaining eligibility for lifelong supports and services.

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Enhancing the lives of others

Some individuals and families lack the resources to access critical special needs support. The Charitable Residual Account provides supplemental supports and services for children and adults with disabilities and a demonstrated need.

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Future Planning

Achieva Family Trust offers assistance in preparing and managing the future planning for unique day-to-day and long-term needs for you, your loved one, and family. Achieva Family Trust can help manage benefits with work, donations, or inheritance and also assist in using benefits to pay for current and future bills and foreseeable needs. 

Resources

Achieva Family Trust provides up-to-date resources and information for families, attorneys, and people with disabilties regarding advocacy, services, and financial and future planning. 

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Join the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging to learn about Aging Our Way, PA, Pennsylvania's 10-year strategic plan to transform the infrastructure and supports for older adults as they age.

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Empowered Voices meet virtually on the third Thursday of each month from 6 - 8 p.m. Achieva's Empowered Voices Leadership Group is driven by the voices and interests of its self-advocates.

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We offer no-cost consultations regarding issues such as government benefits and future planning. It’s never too early or too late to start planning for the future.

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Achieva Family Trust Beneficiary, Kaitlin Grove, Wins Special Olympic Medals in Skiing

Achieva Family Trust Beneficiary, Kaitlin Grove, Wins Special Olympic Medals in Skiing

Kaitlin Grove, a beneficiary with Achieva Family Trust, participated in the Special Olympic World Games in Turin, Italy this past winter.

Achieva Advocates at Legislative Panel

Achieva Advocates at Legislative Panel

At the State Representative Dan Miller Disability and Mental Health Summit, Mary Hartley, President of The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh and Senior Vice President of Achieva, spoke about the daily struggles of families who care for children with serious medical needs at home.

Empowering Employment: How Benefits Counseling Helps People With Disabilities Thrive at Work

Empowering Employment: How Benefits Counseling Helps People With Disabilities Thrive at Work

During a recent Achieva webinar, Matt Bailey, Supervisor of Benefits and Trust Administration, broke down how benefits counseling can help individuals make informed choices about employment while keeping their support systems intact.

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