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Turning Settlements into Long Term Security: The Power of Trust Administration

March 9, 2026
By: Joanne Marcus, MSW President & CEO of Commonwealth Community Trust
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

Evaluating Pooled Trusts in 2024

April 22, 2025
By M. Benjamin Tiefenback, Esq. Counsel & Director of Client Services.
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

Pooled Special Needs Trusts

April 9, 2024
Written By Rachel Baer, Esq.,  Counsel and Director of New Client Services at Commonwealth Community Trust
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

A Comparison of Planning Tools for Disabled Individuals – Special Needs Trusts: Individual v. Pooled & First-Party v. Third-Party and The ABLE 529A Savings Account

November 1, 2021
By Karen Dunivan Konvicka, J.D., Former Director of Client Services and General Counsel
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

How a Pooled Special Needs Trust and ABLE Can Work Together to Close the Gap for SSI Recipients

August 1, 2021
By Joanne Marcus, MSW, President and CEO of Commonwealth Community Trust (CCT)
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

Comparing and Understanding Pooled Trust Remainder Policies

August 1, 2021
By Karen Dunivan Konvicka, J.D., Former Director of Client Services and General Counsel
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

How to Prepare Your Client for a Trust Administrator

May 1, 2021
By Joanne Marcus, MSW, President and CEO of Commonwealth Community Trust (CCT)
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

Benefits of a Pooled Special Needs Trust for Clients with Special Needs

March 1, 2021
By Joanne Marcus, MSW, President and CEO of Commonwealth Community Trust (CCT)
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

Estate Planning for the Personal Injury Client: Understanding Disability Benefits

February 1, 2021
By Karen Dunivan Konvicka, J.D., Former Director of Client Services and General Counsel
Third Party Pooled Special Needs Trust Settlement Preservation Pooled Trust Military Survivor Benefit Plan Program Special Needs Non-Profit Organization

What Is a Pooled Special Needs Trust

December 18, 2020
By Joanne Marcus, MSW, President and CEO of Commonwealth Community Trust (CCT)
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