John M Kitchen Special Needs Center

How can the JMK Special Needs Center help?

In 1993, federal law established a uniform protection for people with disabilities, by enabling the use of special needs trusts under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993c(OBRA-93). These trusts provide a variety of special needs services. Presently, not-for-profit organizations provide special needs trust services in only about half of the state around the country. Many of these groups are still quite small.

John M Kitchen Special Needs Center does not duplicate the work of existing non-profit special needs trust organizations. Instead, we want to help them grow. We also want to aid in the development of new non-profit organizations in other states, so that special needs trust services are available everywhere.

By teaming together with non-profit organizations providing special needs trust services we can reach our shared vision.

Our Services

• Arrange for consultants from established special needs trust organizations to meet with people from emerging organizations.

• Provide a forum for individuals from growing organizations to visit and observe existing organizations providing special needs trust services while in operation. • Arrange for speakers from established organizations to speak at national conferences and meetings.

• Provide for the distribution of written materials useful to special needs trust organizations, assist innovative programs and help facilitate the exchange of information among people involved in this work.

• Provide a meeting place for special needs trust organizations in Indianapolis which is a central location for the country as a whole.