SNFSi’s Pooled Special Needs Trust Report 2020: Poised for Growth is now available and includes detailed information about this industry and opportunity. Request a Copy The Special Needs Financial Services InstituteTM (SNFSiTM) was formed in 2020 to increase the availability and use of financial products and solutions by people with disabilities, estimated at 13% of …
This Market for Financial Services is Hiding in Plain Sight
Disability impacts 1:7 Americans* (that is 42 million people) directly and touches many more lives indirectly. More than likely, advisors with a mature book have clients affected by special needs who wish to do as much life and financial planning as possible (perhaps even more so now), and a frustratingly small, and often prohibitively expensive, …
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What is a Pooled Special Needs Trust?
There are two financial products in existence today that are designed to provide specific benefits for people with disabilities. One is the ABLE Account, which is designed for saving and spending on disability-related expenses. The other is a special needs trust, which is designed to allow people to have and use financial assets (money) for …
Alliance of Pooled Trusts (APT)
Leaders of the Pooled Special Needs Trust industry from across the country have come together to create a new membership enterprise, the Alliance of Pooled Trusts (APT), announcing its formation at the 2020 Stetson Special Needs Planning and Trust Conference. Congratulations on this achievement! The Special Needs Financial Services Institute (SNFSi) is extremely supportive of …