MSNT News

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...

New Executive Director for MSNT

Midwest Special Needs Trust Selects Bianca Farr as New Executive Director  Midwest Special Needs Trust (MSNT) has selected Bianca Farr as the new executive director. Farr has been serving as interim executive director...

2017 Missouri Oral Health Policy Conference

2017 Missouri Oral Health Policy Conference

MSNT Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Allen and Executive Director Kathy Birkes with Missouri Coalition for Oral Health Executive Director Gary Harbison and Mike Jurkovich, DDS, with Clinical Restorative Sciences at the University of Missouri - Kansas City at the...

2016 Oklahoma Bar Association

2016 Oklahoma Bar Association

Trust Specialist, Mary Lou Hughes and Craig Combs, Director of Administration for the Oklahoma Bar Association at the annual meeting in Oklahoma City, OK. [su_spacer size="30"]

2016 Nebraska State Bar Association

2016 Nebraska State Bar Association

MSNT Trust Specialist Mary Lou Hughes and Nebraska Bar Association Assistant Executive Director Sam Clinch attending the NSBA Annual Meeting in LaVista, Nebraska. [su_spacer size="30"]

2016 Missouri Bar Annual Meeting

2016 Missouri Bar Annual Meeting

Executive Director, Kathy Birkes and Trust Specialist, Mary Lou Hughes at the 2016 Missouri Bar Annual Meeting in Lake Ozark, MO. [su_spacer size="30"]

Missouri Bar Annual Estate, Trust & Elder Law Institute

Missouri Bar Annual Estate, Trust & Elder Law Institute

MSNT Trust Specialists Casie Stephens and Mary Lou Hughes at the Missouri Bar Annual Estate, Trust & Elder Law Institute on August 25-27, 2016 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. [su_spacer size="30"]

Nebraska/Iowa State Bar Association Conference

Nebraska/Iowa State Bar Association Conference

MSNT Trust Specialist Mary Lou Hughes with Sara Weber, J.D., Director of Continuing Education for the Nebraska Bar Association at the Nebraska/Iowa State Bar Association's Solo & Small Firm Conference on Aug. 11-13 at the Ameristar Hotel & Casino in Council Bluffs,...

Job Opening : Trust Specialist

Job Opening : Trust Specialist

Midwest Special Needs Trust, a nonprofit organization administering special needs trusts, has an opening for a Trust Specialist.

Kansas NAELA Conference

Kansas NAELA Conference

MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes and Senior Trust Specialist Casie Stephens with Samantha Shepherd of Shepherd Elder Law Group, NAELA National Board member, immediate past president of MoNAELA, and former chair of the Missouri Bar Association Elder Law Committee...

MoNAELA 2016 Summer Program

MoNAELA 2016 Summer Program

MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes with MoNAELA Chapter Executive Diana Love, MoNAELA member Keith Brunstrom and VP and Senior Trust Officer at Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co. Joe Flick enjoying a Royals win after the MoNAELA 2016 Summer Program: The Basics of Elder...

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