This year, PLAN is excited to be a platinum sponsor for AANE’s 2022 Virtual Jody Acford Conference: a Roadmap Through Adulthood! We are so happy to be supporting this organization and their mission of helping people with Asperger profiles to build meaningful, connected lives in an atmosphere of validation and respect.   

Danvers and Needham, MA and Providence, RI — Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Inc. (PLAN of MA & RI), a nonprofit organization proudly serving people with disabilities — helping them to preserve their assets, protect their benefits, and to live well — announced today that it will serve as the preferred […]

Plan of MA & RI shows support of organization with $25,000 donation. NEEDHAM and WATERTOWN, MA, and PROVIDENCE, RI, ISSUED APRIL 28, 2021… Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Inc. (PLAN of MA & RI; www.planofma-ri.org/), announced today a new strategic partnership with Asperger/Autism Network (AANE)  to bring together their collective resources, […]

Plan of MA & RI also shows support of organization with $50,000 donation Watch the video presentation here: Carroll Center Check Presentation  NEEDHAM and NEWTON, MA, and PROVIDENCE, RI, ISSUED FEBRUARY 25, 2021… Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Inc. (PLAN of MA & RI; www.planofma-ri.org/), a nonprofit organization proudly serving people […]

Plan of MA & RI also shows support of organization with $100,000 donation Watch the video presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiS6WFRiNJQ  NEEDHAM and BOSTON, MA, and PROVIDENCE, RI, ISSUED MARCH 18, 2021… Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Inc. (PLAN of MA & RI; www.planofma-ri.org/), a nonprofit organization proudly serving people with disabilities and […]

Please join us for an informational seminar on April 7 presented by the Aries Foundation for Financial Education.

Please join us for an informational seminar on March 30 presented by advisors from Harty Financial … 

Plan of MA & RI announced today it will serve as the new exclusive special needs trust partner with Special Olympics Massachusetts, and shows support of organization with $100,000 donation.

Hear our very own Joan McGrath, Executive Director of PLAN of MA & RI, discussing Special Needs Trusts recently on WBZ AM 1030’s New England Weekend radio program with long-running host, Jordan Rich.

2020 has certainly been challenging, and PLAN of MA & RI is here to support you! Our social work team is offering two very special support sessions for our beneficiaries and the entire PLAN community on: Wednesday, Dec 9 & 16, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. via Zoom We’ll explore ways to cope with grief […]

Webinar brought to you by Planned Lifetime Assistance Network (PLAN of MA & RI) in conjunction with the Aries Foundation for Financial Education.  Special Guests: Kathy Vitello, LSW, Director of Operations for PLAN of MA & RI Craig Richardson from Special Needs Resource Network

Join us for this important topic for parents or guardians of children with Special Needs on Thurs, Sept 17 at 4:30 p.m.. Guests: Kathy Vitello, LSW, Director of Operations for PLAN of MA & RI Craig Richardson of The Special Needs Resource Network Some of the topics we will explore: Legal Documents: What every family […]

The stock market hit its lowest point of 2020 on March 23.  Since then the stock and bond market have seen positive results. US stocks, as measured by the S&P 500, rallied over 30 percent and investment grade bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index, appreciated just under 4 percent (returns […]

To all of our PLAN Beneficiaries, Colleagues and Partners, Several weeks ago we created and implemented a COVID-19 response plan and approach that has allowed us to continuously serve our beneficiaries and partners while fully complying with the rapidly evolving guidelines provided by the CDC, MA and RI DPHs, Federal and State Medicaid, and other […]

This has been a very stressful and unprecedented period for everyone for obvious reasons. The financial markets continue to show extreme levels of daily volatility and US stock markets are now down over 20% from their peak. Plan of MA & RI investment portfolios are constructed with the understanding that financial markets will become more […]

In October 2019 MassHealth is expected to finalize new regulations regarding financial eligibility. These regulations are expected to effectively disallow funding pooled trusts for people 65 and over. Final regulations have not yet been issued and the effective date of the pending regulations has not been set. Existing trust accounts We do not have any […]