Midwest Special Needs Trust participated in the MO NAELA Winter Symposium on November 30 & December 1, 2023. Casie Stephens, Director of Trust Services, presented on Pooled Trusts and Social Security Administration...
MSNT News
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...
MO Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference 2019
Trust Specialist III Casie Stephens exhibiting at the MO Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference on June 5, 2019. [su_spacer size="30"]
Coastal Electric Golf Invitational
MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes enjoys a moment with Woodhaven Chief Executive Officer Mark Palmer at the annual Coastal Electric Golf Invitational on May 6 at the Columbia Country Club. This tournament, now in its 14th year, benefits the BJ Palmer Memorial Fund...
Missouri Public Administrators Conference 2019
Casie Stephens, Trust Specialist III, and Nathan McKee, Trust Specialist II, are working hard this week to let our Public Administrators know the “super” ways MSNT can help their clients. Our slogan for the conference-“Let us show you how to be a “HERO” of your...
Missouri Public Administrators Conference 2019
Trust Specialists Casie Stephens and Sterling Odneal at the Missouri Public Administrators Conference in Columbia, MO April 16-19. [su_spacer size="30"]
Power Up 2019 AT Conference
Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Allen and IT Director Gabe Wilkerson exhibiting at Power Up 2019 Assistive Technology Conference on April 1, 2019. [su_spacer size="30"]
Professor Yang from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan visits MSNT
Professor Linkai Yang from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan with MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes. Professor Yang is researching special needs trusts for use in Japan. [su_spacer size="30"]
2019 Missouri Oral Health Policy Conference
Executive Director Kathy Birkes and Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Allen with State Dental Director Dr John Dane at the 2019 Missouri Oral Health Policy Conference held in Jefferson City February 28 and March 1. The event was organized by the Missouri Coalition...
MSNT: A Model For the World Part 2
In October 2018, MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes spoke at the 5th World Congress on Adult Guardianship held in Seoul, South Korea. Just as MSNT was a leader when the concept of special needs trusts was first developed, so it remains a model for the world as the...
Missouri Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Nathaniel McKee, Trust Specialist II, exhibiting at the Missouri Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys on November 30, 2018. [su_spacer size="30"]









