Achieva Family Trust Celebrates 25 Years!

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.

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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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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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Learn About PA ABLE and ABLE Age Expansion with Achieva Family Trust

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The PA ABLE Savings Program provides people with disabilities the opportunity for greater control of their finances and to plan a more secure future. It is a savings program offering people with qualifying disabilities a way to save that does not affect their means-tested benefits.

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Future Planning In Uncertain Times

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Join us for a hybrid conference at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Homestead, PA, focused on the latest in disability services, benefits, and future planning.

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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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What's Happening at Achieva Family Trust

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Achieva Family Trust Delivers Life-Changing Support to Hundreds of Pennsylvanians with Nearly $2 Million in Grants

Achieva Family Trust Delivers Life-Changing Support to Hundreds of Pennsylvanians with Nearly $2 Million in Grants

More than 900 Pennsylvanians with disabilities received essential assistance this year thanks to the Achieva Family Trust's Charitable Residual Program, which distributed nearly $2 million in grants during the last fiscal year.

The Legacy of Ginny Thornburgh and the Power of Advocacy

The Legacy of Ginny Thornburgh and the Power of Advocacy

In the early 1970s, Ginny joined Arc Allegheny — now part of The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh at Achieva. Her advocacy was hands-on and unrelenting. She led unannounced inspections, documented violations, confronted officials, and engaged the media to expose abuse at state-run institutions.

Giving Everyone a Chance to Belong: Why Achieva Matters More Than Ever

Giving Everyone a Chance to Belong: Why Achieva Matters More Than Ever

PNC Bank CEO Bill Demchak shares how Achieva gave his brother Brian purpose, dignity, and independence. Through Brian's journey, he shows how Achieva empowers people with disabilities and why the Beyond Boundaries campaign is vital to expanding this impact.

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