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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...

2025 Johnson County Board of Services

Casie Stephens, Associate Director, exhibited at the Johnson County Board of Services Ice Cream Social. This was the first year the social was also a resource fair, and it was a huge success! Many families and...

2025 Real Voice Real Choices

Yes, Toucan! MSNT Trust Specialists; Miranda Martin, Lilly Vincent Kirubakaran, and Blake Butel exhibited at the 2025 Real Voices Real Choices Conference. To encourage attendees to stop by, MSNT’s table had a luau...

2018 National Philanthropy Day

2018 National Philanthropy Day

MSNT staff in attendance at the National Philanthropy Day 2018 luncheon on Friday, November 2, 2018 in Columbia, MO. [su_spacer size="30"]

2018 MACDDS Conference

2018 MACDDS Conference

MSNT was excited to present and exhibit again this year at the 2018 MACDDS Conference held in Columbia, MO. Pictured are Heather Allen, Charitable Trust Specialist, and Nathan McKee, Trust Specialist II. [su_spacer size="30"]

5th Annual Educational Summit sponsored by The Arc of Missouri

5th Annual Educational Summit sponsored by The Arc of Missouri

Charitable Trust Specialist Heather Allen, Trust Specialist I Sterling Odneal, Trust Specialist III Casie Stephens and Trust Specialist II Nathan McKee at the 5th Annual Educational Summit sponsored by The Arc of Missouri on September 11, 2018. [su_spacer size="30"]

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Past President

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Past President

Immediate Past President of the Arkansas Bar Association for a few more minutes, Denise Hoggard joins MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes at the 120th ArkBar Annual Joint Meeting with the Arkansas Judicial Council in Hot Springs. [su_spacer size="30"]

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Drawing Winner

2018 Arkansas Bar Joint Meeting – Drawing Winner

Christopher Tolleson, an Arkansas Attorney and previous Juvenile Public Defender, won the drawing for the MSNT canvas bag at the 120th ArkBar Annual Joint Meeting with the Arkansas Judicial Council in Hot Springs June, 2018. Executive Director Kathy Birkes drew the...

MSNT: A Model For the World

MSNT: A Model For the World

In October 2017, MSNT Executive Director Kathy Birkes traveled as a guest of the University of Hong Kong (UHK) to participate in an international symposium on financial planning for special needs. Kathy joined experts from Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Canada,...

2017 MACDDS Annual Conference

2017 MACDDS Annual Conference

Casie Stephens, MSNT Trust Specialist III, at the MACDDS Annual Conference (October 26-27, 2017) at the Tan Tar A Resort in Osage Beach, MO where she presented on special needs trusts and ABLE accounts. [su_spacer size="30"]

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