Financial Services

 Social Security and Claims Filing | Tax and Claim Filing for Individuals with Disabilities | Representative Payee Service | Pooled Trust | Letters of Intent | Sharing Tree | Dental Services | Gas Station Assistance|

Social Security and Claims Filing

Our Social Security and Claims Filing program offers advice and assistance in filing for SSI, SSDi, Medicaid and Medicare. Employees at The Arc of Midland are available for filing appeals of denials including some court appearances. We also help with resolution of overpayments and other issues with the Social Security Administration.

Tax and Claim Filing for Individuals with Disabilities

The Arc of Midland offers assistance for persons with disabilities including Federal and State returns, Property Tax Credit and Home Heating Credit. Contact Pam Murchison, pmurchison@thearcofmidland.org or at 631-4439 for more information.

Representative Payee

The Arc of Midland staff are available to help individuals with developmental disabilities manage their money. Staff can receive and deposit monthly SSI and SSDi payments and pay a consumer's bills.

After I'm Gone

Pooled Trust - Investment provided by Chemical Bank Trust Department. Administration provided by The Arc of Midland. Intended for families who plan to leave smaller amounts of money to provide for amenities without endangering necessary government benefits. May also be used to accommodate unexpected inheritances that threaten to endanger such benefits. A Letter of Intent must be on file with The Arc of Midland.

Letter of Intent - Assistance in writing a document that is both informational and intentional to describe the lifestyle, past, present and future, that families envision for their loved ones with a disability in the years after they are gone.

Personal Facilitation

DISCOVERING DREAMS

A facilitator is one who makes the process easier. Facilitators at The Arc of Midland do the following:

Assist individuals in inviting the people that they want

Focus on topics of the individual's choice

Share information about resources and options available to the person

Encourage group participation

Assure there is a recording of the meeting

Help to establish links to the community

Connect individuals to needed supports from service agencies

The following principles guide the facilitation of personal plans by The Arc of Midland:

We first and foremost support the dreams of individuals, their families, and/or significant others

Person centered planning is biased toward the individual's goals, dreams, and agenda

Person centered planning helps individuals create a life in their homes and community and plan how that will be supported

Facilitation extends "circle thinking" to the person centered planning process

Individuals need to be part of a community; facilitation focuses on life outside the service system

We value and respect individual choices, even when they seem to be self-limiting or controversial

Facilitators and their stores of local knowledge are resources for consumers and their families and staff

Facilitators at The Arc of Midland are available to facilitate Person Centered Plans, Circles of Support, MAPS, Individual Budgets, and more.

Definitions

Person Centered Plan - an annual process in which individual's dreams and goals are discussed and strategies are brainstormed in order to reach those goals.

Circles of Support - a group of people who meet regularly to help a person with a disability realize a dream or reach a life-goal.

MAPS - a process to help an individual get from the present reality to future dreams.

Individual Budgets - a process to help individuals budget their service dollars, allowing them to choose how their money is spent.

For more information or to request a facilitator, contact Pam at (989)631-4439 or pmurchison@thearcofmidland.org

Satisfaction Assessments

Satisfaction Assessments are short surveys that are conducted twice a year with every individual who receives services. The assessment is administered by a third uninvolved party who spends time with the individual to discover whether he or she is truly happy with their services and what changes, if any, need to be made.

Pooled Trust

The Pooled Trust is an investment provided by Chemical Bank Trust Department. The Arc of Midland provides administration. It is intended for families who plan to leave smaller amounts of money to provide for amenities without endangering necessary government benefits. It may also be used to accommodate unexpected inheritances that threaten to endanger such benefits. A Letter of Intent must be on file with The Arc of Midland.

Letter of Intent

The Arc of Midland provides assistance in writing a document that is both informational and intentional to describe the lifestyle, past, present, and future, that families envision for their loved ones with a disability in the years after they are gone.