Proxy Parent Foundation is a nonprofit, California corporation dedicated to assisting people with disabilities by:
- Safeguarding access to public entitlement funds through the creation and administration of PLAN of California Special Needs Trusts
- Providing “family like” Personal Support Services for people with mental illness
- When a person on disability has assets of more than $2000, they may be disqualified from receiving government-sponsored disability and entitlement programs such as Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI) and Medi-Cal health coverage.
- Proxy Parent Foundation helps set-up and administer “Special Needs Trusts” to protect eligibility for government benefits.
- Funds, such as an inheritance, settlements or other windfalls, can be placed into a Proxy Parent Foundation’s Special Needs Trust protecting entitlement eligibility while ensuring that the individual still benefits from those funds.
- Just like a caring family, Proxy Parent Foundation helps coordinate public and private social services and medical care for its Special Needs Trust recipients who have mental illness by acting as a “proxy parent” — becoming a friend and advocate acting in his or her best interests.
Proxy Parent Foundation is a shining example of what dedicated community members, disability advocates and professional social and financial expertise can accomplish to help people who are disabled.
