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2026 MU Statewide Job Olympics Showcase

What a great day at the University of Missouri Pre-Employment Transition Services, Statewide Job Olympics Showcase! Mr. Fantastic, along with Midwest Special Needs Trust team members Miranda and Blake were pictured with Ameri-CAN Man while connecting with students,...

2026 MO Bar Family Law Conference

Casie Stephens, Associate Director, exhibited at the MO Bar Family Law Conference. Casie was able to educate family law attorneys about the importance of special needs trusts in family law matters, like divorce. Information about first party, third party, and the...

2026 Real Voices Real Choices

Ready to saddle up with a Special Needs Trust?! MSNT Trust Specialist I, Miranda Martin, exhibited at the 2026 Real Voices Real Choices Conference. To encourage attendees to stop by, MSNT’s table had a wild west theme – attendees played cornhole for the opportunity to...

The Arya Foundation Disability Awareness Convention

Miranda Martin, Trust Specialist I, exhibited at the 2026 Arya Foundation Disability Awareness Convention. Families and caregivers gathered information on resources available for current or future needs. MSNT has...

2025 NAMI Missouri Conference

MSNT Trust Specialist I, Miranda Martin exhibited and presented at the 2025 NAMI Missouri Conference, where professionals from across the state came together to promote mental health and share valuable resources for...

Missouri Coalition for Oral Health

Missouri Coalition for Oral Health

MSNT Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Cooper and Associate Director Bianca Farr at the 2022 Missouri Coalition for Oral Health Policy Conference sponsored by the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health.  The conference featured national speakers as well as local leaders...

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

MSNT’s Casie Stephens, Director of Trust Services, with Dr. Stana Martin at MoNAELA, the Kansas City, Missouri meeting of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.  Dr. Martin assists the elderly and individuals with disabilities with long term care and insurance...

Brain Injury Association of MO 2021 Statewide Conference

Brain Injury Association of MO 2021 Statewide Conference

MSNT’s Gabe Wilkerson with Dr. Kelli Barton, Director of Health and Aging, and Senior Research Assistant Emma Swinford, both from UMKC Institute for Human Development.   Dr. Barton spoke about key findings from the 2020 Missouri Traumatic Brain Injury Targeted Needs...

Association of Trust Organizations Annual Meeting

Association of Trust Organizations Annual Meeting

MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes and Associate Director Bianca Farr at the 2021 Annual Meeting Association of Trust Organizations with Bill Rankin of WERankin Interests and ATO President Stuart Allen of the Allen Trust Company. September 21, 2021

42nd Annual MOKAN Trust and Financial Services Conference

42nd Annual MOKAN Trust and Financial Services Conference

MSNT Trust Specialist II Randy Williamson and Dr. David Kohl, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech at the 42nd Annual MOKAN Trust and Financial Services Conference. The conference was held August 18, 19 and 20th in Kansas City, MO.  Dr. Kohl spoke on the Economic Mega...

Happy Retirement Mary Lou Hughes

Happy Retirement Mary Lou Hughes

Please join us in extending best wishes to Mary Lou Hughes, who is retiring from Midwest Special Needs Trust on July 31. Mary Lou has been an esteemed member of our organization for 9 years, and she will be greatly missed.  We have all benefited from her relationship...

Brooke Trammell joins Midwest Special Needs Trust

Brooke Trammell has joined Midwest Special Needs Trust as a Trust Specialist I! Brooke joined the Midwest Special Needs Trust team in April 2021 as Trust Specialist I. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Missouri State University in May of...

MSNT Earns Gold Status on GuideStar

MSNT Earns Gold Status on GuideStar

Our Charitable grant program earned a 2021 Gold Seal of Transparency!  Annually 10 million donors look to GuideStar by Candid to review the mission, legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs and leadership structure of nonprofit agencies. This compilation of...

Shelley Morse joins Midwest Special Needs Trust

Shelley Morse has joined Midwest Special Needs Trust as a Trust Specialist II! Attending the University of Missouri-Columbia, Shelley earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Educational and Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in...

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