Estate Planning with Government Benefits

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MCLE approved for 1.0 CLE General Credit
1.0 CFP CE approval pending

CPA CPE attendance certificates provided

For over forty years, Sherri Schneider, President of Family Benefit Solutions, Inc., QDDP, and the mother of a child born with some special needs, has been tirelessly dedicated to helping individuals with special needs and their families.  Her career began as a social worker in a CILA, where she helped those with developmental disabilities acquire the government benefits they so desperately needed, including SSI, Medicaid and SNAP.  She helped launch one of the first CLF facilities funded under a Medicaid waiver.

As her career flourished, she supervised personnel in Illinois, Missouri and Nevada to assist hospitalized patients apply for and obtain the government benefits for which they appeared eligible, with a strong emphasis on SSDI, SSI, Medicare, community and long-term care Medicaid. 

She now meets with families to thoroughly assess their situations and pursue appropriate benefit assistance programs by personally guiding them through the application process.  Her vast experience has enabled her to establish and maintain open, productive relationships with government agencies involved in the entire decision-making process.  She is the President of the Arc of IL and is on faculty of The Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Families and professionals find her in-service expertise to be invaluable as they attempt to navigate the government benefit arena.