Available Account Options

Connecting people with disabilities, their families, and those who support them to information about Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts.

Describes the features of ABLE accounts and Special Needs Trusts and insights into choosing which one is suitable for a particular beneficiary’s needs, and provides a link to help find a special needs planning attorney.

The agency designated under federal law to protect and advocate for the rights of Californians with disabilities. Provides programs for Information and Referral, Investigation of Abuse and Neglect, Legal Representation & Rights Protection, Education & Outreach, and Public Policy Advocacy.

Provides information about Protection & Advocacy For Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS), which assists Social Security beneficiaries with return to work issues.

Provides a fact sheet and information on how to become your own payee, if you are able to manage your own money.

Provides information and resources on saving for the future without affecting your eligibility for public benefits.

National organization of attorneys committed to the practice of disability and public benefits law. Provides information and resources on creating special needs trusts.

DLC is a private, non-profit organization responsible for providing protection and advocacy for the rights of Massachusetts residents with disabilities. Among other things, it investigates representative payees for SSA and provides technical assistance to legal services and private attorneys handling SSA disability benefits cases.

Provides a video explaining that a pooled special needs trust is, and why you might want to consider one.

Discusses options for conserving Social Security benefits belonging to children in foster care, such as through the use of Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts.