Special Needs Trust, ABLE Account & Disability Benefit Watch

Why this is recommended

An ABLE eligibility expansion that opens a tax-free account to a million more people, a Medicaid waiver waitlist that opened for 30 days, or an overpayment rule that stops a 100 percent benefit clawback each change a family's finances by thousands, and the notices are written for lawyers.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 15 million Americans on SSI or SSDI, the families of children with disabilities and the siblings who will manage it all one day.

When it runs

SSA and state agencies post rule changes mid-week; families plan on Thursday night

Scope

SSI and SSDI eligibility, asset limits, income rules, COLA, payment schedules and overpayment rules; ABLE Act age of onset, contribution limits, state program fees and rollovers; first-party, third-party and pooled special needs trust rules; Medicaid HCBS waiver waitlists and eligibility by state; work incentives, Ticket to Work and substantial gainful activity thresholds; representative payee rules; disability determination backlogs by state; SSA office, phone and portal changes; state supplement and disability programs

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

SSI and SSDI eligibility, asset limit, income rule and payment changes, ABLE account age expansion, contribution limit and state program fee changes, special needs trust and pooled trust rule changes, Medicaid waiver waitlist openings and eligibility changes by state, work incentive and Ticket to Work changes, representative payee and overpayment rule changes, disability determination backlogs and SSA office and portal changes, with the program or state first and the plain-language next step.

Track disability benefits and savings tools in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: SSI and SSDI eligibility, asset limit, income rule, payment schedule and overpayment recovery changes; ABLE account age of onset expansion, contribution limit, state program fee, investment and rollover changes; special needs trust and pooled trust rule changes and court rulings; Medicaid home and community-based services waiver waitlist openings, eligibility and service changes by state; work incentive, Ticket to Work and substantial gainful activity threshold changes; representative payee rule changes; disability determination and hearing backlog data by state; SSA office, phone and portal changes; and state supplement and disability program changes. Prefer SSA, CMS, state Medicaid and ABLE programs, court documents and established disability policy reporting; ignore advisor marketing and unverified posts, and never give individual legal or benefit advice. Put the program or state first in the title with the amount or date and the plain-language next step. Use high severity for a waiver waitlist opening, an asset or income rule change, or an overpayment rule change. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.