Eligible individuals can open the account for themselves, or an authorized individual can open an account on their behalf. There are a few requirements that individuals with disabilities must meet to be able to have an account.

You're eligible if:

• Your disability was present before the age of 26; and
• One of the following is true:
  • You are eligible for SSI or SSDI because of a disability
  • You experience blindness as determined by the Social Security Act; OR
  • You have a similarly severe disability with a written diagnosis from a licensed physician that can be produced if requested.

With RI's ABLE, you can save for qualified disability expenses without losing your eligibility for certain assistance programs, like SSI and Medicaid. The earnings on your investments are federally tax-deferred and tax-free, if used for qualified disability expenses.

FAQ's

The Member Plan is sponsored by the state of Rhode Island and administered by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the State Investment Commission.

The Member Plan is one of the qualified ABLE plans issued by the Ascensus ABLE Consortium Trust. Ascensus College Savings Recordkeeping Services, LLC, the Program Manager, and its affiliates have overall responsibility for the day-to-day operations, including investment advisory, recordkeeping and administrative services.

The Member Plan offers a series of investment options within the Ascensus ABLE Consortium Trust. The Member Plan is intended to operate as a qualified ABLE plan to be used only to save for Qualified Disability Expenses, pursuant to the Section 529A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

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She has extensive experience in the areas of estate planning, probate, estate and trust administration, and guardianships, with a particular emphasis on estate planning for persons with special-needs, special-needs trusts, and Medicaid and Social Security matters regarding special-needs trusts.

Professional Associations 

• Rhode Island Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association 

Practice Areas:

• Business Law
• Estate Planning
• Probate and Trust Administration
• Elder Law
• Guardianships
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Real Estate Law
• Special Needs Planning
• Tax Planning

Please contact us to set-up an appointment to discuss your legal needs.

We are a small family-run law firm located in South County, Rhode Island dedicated to helping you and your loved ones with a broad range of legal services. We strive to understand your goals and guide you through difficult matters. The attorneys in our practice work as a coordinated team to give our clients a broad breadth of legal knowledge and experience.

Moonan, Stratton & Waldman, LLP assists clients with special needs and their families. We establish comprehensive plans for disabled individuals to ensure that they receive the care they need throughout their lifetime without jeopardizing eligibility for SSI and other needs-based government benefits. 

LEGAL PLANNING ATTORNEY FOR DISABILITIES & LONG-TERM NEEDS

GUARDIANSHIP & CONSERVATORSHIP SERVICES IN RI

Attorney Rampino’s focus is on elder law, estate planning, and the needs of people with disabilities in Rhode Island. He has enjoyed working with countless families in order to bring them peace of mind and is committed to being easily accessible to each of his clients. If you are unable to travel to the office, a home visit can be arranged.

PLAN provides trust and case management services for two different types of Pooled Trusts:

• MARC Special Needs Pooled Trust, established in 1995, and is the oldest and largest pooled trust in Massachusetts
• PLAN of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Third Party Special Needs Trust

As a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization we are able to provide pooled special needs trusts that protect benefits and offer service coordination by licensed social workers.

We proudly serve people with disabilities – life-long or related to illness, injury, or age – helping to preserve assets, to protect benefits, and to live well.

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PLAN RI helps families create a safe and secure future for their loved ones with a disability.

1. We assist families to develop a personal future plan for their relative.

2. We establish and maintain a caring personal network in the life of the member with a disability. PLAN RI provides assistance in creating and expanding the network of friends and supporters to your loved one, contributing to their quality of life now and in the future when you are not there.

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Personal Lifetime Advocacy Networks of Rhode Island (PLAN RI) is a twenty-year-old organization created and led by families.  It helps ensure their sons and daughters with disabilities will have a safe and secure future when their parents are no longer able to do so. 

We emphasize that the best guarantee of a safe and secure future for a person with a disability is a network of caring, committed family members, friends, acquaintances, and supporters actively involved in his or her life.

This personal support network is responsive to changing needs, trends, and laws and is able to advocate for needed changes. 

PLAN RI provides information and guidance to help caregiving family members engage in financial and legal planning.  Supporting both generations with these desires and needs has been recognized as a winning strategy for lifelong inclusion.

A national alliance of attorneys providing special needs planning for individuals with disabilities and their families. Provides a tool to locate alliance members by state.

Services Include:

• Maximizing and preserving benefits
• Protecting assets
• Assuring lifelong care

Provides financial services solutions to people with disabilities and people in recovery.

Services Include:

• Guardianship Assistance
• Personal Finances Administration
• Representative Payee Services