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MYTHS about Special Needs Trusts

Discussing Four Myths About Establishing a Special Needs Trust Planning for the future of a loved one with a disability is an important, and often overwhelming, task. Special Needs Trusts (SNTs) can be invaluable in securing the long-term financial well-being of your...

MSNT at MO NAELA – Missouri National Elder Law Academy

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 POMS. We also had a table in the exhibit area....

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 since the retirement of Kathy Birkes February...

Real Voices Real Choices 2022

MSNT was pleased to be an exhibitor at the Real Voices Real Choices Consumer Conference held at Margaritaville at the Lake of the Ozarks on August 28 – August 30, 2022.  The event was coordinated by the Missouri...

17th Annual Family Law Conference

17th Annual Family Law Conference

MSNT Trust Specialist III Casie Stephens and Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Allen at the 17th Annual Family Law Conference in Branson, Missouri August 3-4, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 Arkansas Bar Association

2017 Arkansas Bar Association

Executive Director Kathy Birkes and Trust Specialist II Mary Lou Hughes providing pooled trust educational materials at the Arkansas Bar Association Annual meeting in Hot Springs, AR June 14-16, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 Women’s Expo

2017 Women’s Expo

MSNT Trust Specialist II Mary Lou Hughes with Jefferson City Zonta Club President Peggy Jensen at the 2017 Women’s Expo in Jefferson City, Missouri May 16, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 MOKAN Trust Conference

2017 MOKAN Trust Conference

MSNT Trust Specialist II Mary Lou Hughes with Missouri Bankers Association Vice President Cheri Messerli at the 2017 MOKAN Trust Conference in Kansas City, Missouri May 10-12, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 Missouri Public Administrators Conference

2017 Missouri Public Administrators Conference

Executive Director Kathy Birkes and Trust Specialist III Casie Stephens attending the Missouri Public Administrators conference in Festus, MO April 25-27, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 Camp Wonderland Case Manager Picnic

2017 Camp Wonderland Case Manager Picnic

MSNT Trust Specialist III Casie Stephens with Camp Wonderland Executive Director Cory Polk at the Case Manager Picnic in Rocky Mount, Missouri on April 6, 2017. [su_spacer size="30"]

2017 Brain Injury Conference

2017 Brain Injury Conference

MSNT Trust Specialist II Mary Lou Hughes and Cindy Evert Christ Project Manager with the Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska at the 2017 Brain Injury Conference in Kearney, Nebraska March 23. [su_spacer size="30"]

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...

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