Optional next steps
Strengthen my plan
Each step shows the risk or uncertainty it addresses. None are required, and nothing here is professional advice.
Benefits
Check ssi or other disability income eligibility
Could change your future private-pay care assumption.
Addresses: Benefits
Find local agencies and disability resource centers.
Check medicaid waiver or support program eligibility
Could change your future private-pay care assumption.
Addresses: Benefits
Find local agencies and disability resource centers.
Check housing assistance eligibility
Could change your future private-pay care assumption.
Addresses: Benefits
Find local agencies and disability resource centers.
Legal & estate
Review estate structure
Helps identify whether assets intended for your child are structured appropriately.
Addresses: Legal & estate
Legal advocacy and guidance on guardianship alternatives and rights.
Evaluate special needs trust options with a qualified professional
A professional can advise on structures that fit eligibility rules in your state.
Addresses: Legal & estate
Legal advocacy and guidance on guardianship alternatives and rights.
Financial
Review ABLE eligibility
May provide a tax-advantaged way to save for qualified disability expenses.
Addresses: Funding gap
Compare ABLE plans, fees and state tax benefits.
Choose a funding approach for the remaining amount
Turns a single large figure into a monthly or annual contribution you can plan around.
Addresses: Funding gap
Plain-language guidance on saving and planning for a family member with a disability.
Review insurance intended to fund future support
Confirms the coverage amount, ownership and beneficiary match the intent.
Addresses: Funding gap
Plain-language guidance on saving and planning for a family member with a disability.
People
Identify and talk with a backup support person
Means the plan does not depend on a single person remaining available.
Addresses: Care continuity
Free help for families planning care and transitions.
Care
Start recording day-to-day care knowledge
Makes routines, preferences and providers transferable to someone else.
Addresses: Care continuity
Free help for families planning care and transitions.
Fill in 2 support areas marked unknown
Replaces our assumptions with your own figures, which tightens the whole estimate.
Addresses: Care continuity
Official overview of Supplemental Security Income.
Estimate the replacement cost of unpaid family care
Shows what today's unpaid support might cost if another source provided it.
Addresses: Replacement care
Free help for families planning care and transitions.
Document care knowledge in the future Continuity Book
Makes routines, preferences and providers transferable to someone else.
Addresses: Care continuity
Free help for families planning care and transitions.
Housing
Explore adult housing models
Narrows the widest cost assumption and the question of where support happens.
Addresses: Housing
The agency that funds and lists supported living options.
Resources
Add a ZIP code to see programs for your state.
- ABLE National Resource Center
Compare state ABLE programs and eligibility rules.
- SSI eligibility (Social Security)
Official overview of Supplemental Security Income.
- Eldercare & disability resource locator
Find local Area Agencies and disability resource centers.
Coming later
The Continuity Book
A place to record routines, preferences, providers and the knowledge only you hold today, so support can be shared.