Financial Planning
Providing your loved one the ongoing quality of life they deserve requires sound financial planning and management. We understand that while you may be supporting a family now, you must also have assets for future care. Archer Consulting experts will evaluate the cost of long-term care and support, identify strategies to attain the necessary funds, seek to preserve financial assets allocated for the beneficiary’s support, and protect their eligibility for government-provided benefits.
Benefits
Fewer than 20% of first-time applicants are awarded benefits. Archer Consulting Benefits Specialists are skilled in navigating the maze of benefits programs that can be so confusing, and will represent your interests in working with government agencies. We can advise on what you should be receiving, complete the application process, provide ongoing management of those benefits and help you to recoup past due funds.
Guardianship and Trust Services
Laws governing Guardianship and Special Needs Trusts are complex. After evaluating your unique family circumstance and identifying your priorities, we work closely with specialized legal counsel to protect the interests of the child or adult with special needs, as well as all family members.
Special Needs Estate Planning
We partner with you to ensure that care continues for the child or adult with special needs after the primary caregiver is no longer able to care appropriately for their loved one due to infirmity or death. Our team of financial, legal and life care experts will work with you to develop a plan that meets your individual family’s requirements. Our goal is to ensure the physical, financial and emotional support of your loved one after your death, while also meeting the needs of your other family members.
Crisis Intervention and Management
We help families faced with crisis by providing experienced guidance during life’s most difficult challenges. Our thorough evaluation and prioritization of needs, problems, and issues allows our Client Liaisons to work with you to develop a plan that addresses your unique situation and puts both your child or adult with special needs and your family back on a path to a secure future.
Residential Planning and Placement
Archer Consulting Advisors help your family evaluate the best living situation for your loved one. We know the critical questions you need to ask, the critical information you need to review to make the best decision for your loved one with special needs. We coordinate in-home resources, evaluate residential communities, and support you through the entire transition process.
Care Management
Managing the affairs of someone with special needs can be very complicated. Our Client Liaisons can relieve families of a significant burden by providing care coordination, advocacy and monitoring. This may include: coordinating medical and social services and resources, evaluating the appropriateness of trust fund disbursements, identifying potential alternatives for care, conducting regular visits to see your loved one, and providing detailed reports of their well-being.
Program Evaluation
Our team helps families and individuals find the best program for enhancing daily life for your loved one with special needs. Through our many relationships in the special needs and mental health communities, we can offer you an array of quality options that insure that your loved one is happy, safe and productive every day.
Expert Witness
Archer Consulting brings 30 years of professional experience and expertise to advocate on your behalf in all manner of legal proceedings. We provide expert witness evaluations and testimony in family law, special needs benefits, personal injury and malpractice settlement actions across the United States.
Mediation
Families caring for those with special needs often experience exceptional stress. Balancing the needs of all family members may require the help of a third party. Archer Consulting Mediation Professionals facilitate resolution in all manner of disputes, including divorce, guardianship, long-term care and trustee issues.
Coaching and Mentoring
Archer Consulting Coach/Mentors are committed to empowering our clients with the life skills they need to become as independent as possible, assisting in areas such as creative employment search and maintenance, goal setting, relational management, bill paying and financial management. We work together with clients who live with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Disabilities and Mental Health, and other special needs issues.
Next Generation Advisory Services
We understand the stress involved when a primary caregiver is no longer able to care appropriately for a loved one with special needs. Archer Consulting provides advice and guidance to successor guardians, caregivers and sponsors in the areas of Care and Crisis Management, Residential Placement, Guardianship issues, Trust Advisory, Financial and Benefits Management, and Continuing Plan Revision. Our professionals offer support and relief by helping you understand, prioritize, organize and manage this complex process.
The Archer Consulting team can partner with you to:
· Design a comprehensive special needs plan and facilitate its implementation
· Help address the family’s daily needs including:
o Home and family support
o Long-term care management
o Special needs financial planning
o Crisis intervention
o Day programs and residential resources
o Governmental benefits
o Camps and special schools
o Next generation advisory services
o Guardianship and trust planning.
Archer Consulting partners with you bringing 30 years of professional experience and expertise to advocate on behalf of your clients in all manner of legal proceedings. We work across the country to provide:
· Expert witness evaluations and testimony in family law
· Special needs benefits consultation
· Personal injury and malpractice settlement actions
Please refer to the Case Studies section for examples of our successful partnerships with professional advisors on behalf of their clients.
Services for Companies
Almost 20% of the U.S. population deals with a family member with a disabling condition at any time. When your employee has a problem, it’s on your time. The many pressures of life outside work have come to rival those in the workplace, and many organizations have come to realize that helping their employees balance both their professional and personal lives has a real and measurable benefit for everyone.
When your employee has a family member with a disability or chronic illness, they may begin a journey that is often filled with strong emotion, difficult choices, interactions with many different professionals and specialists, and an ongoing need for information and services. Initially, the employee may feel isolated and alone, and not know where to begin their search for information, assistance, understanding and support.
Today, companies often provide services for employees to help support them in their search for appropriate solutions. These services can help your employees successfully navigate the special needs world with confidence and takes the guesswork out of difficult decisions.
Archer Consulting provides services to companies for their employees including:
· Designing Employee Assistance Programs to serve employees caring for a loved one with special needs
· Conducting educational seminars and programs for employees
· Developing comprehensive special needs plan designs and implementation strategies
· Addressing the daily needs of a family such as:
o In-home and family support
o Respite care
o Special needs financial planning
o Crisis intervention
o Day program and residential resources
o Governmental benefits
o Camps and special schools
o Guardianship and trust planning