Special Needs Families & Covid-19

Special Needs Families & Covid-19

Special Needs Families in Covid-19 Crisis

The global pandemic of Covid-19 has essentially shifted our entire education system to the internet. This remote learning creates an even greater challenge for the special needs students enrolled in the public and private schools of the USA. In some cases, many special needs families simply can’t afford the additional out of pocket costs that they now have to bear.

Disabled and special needs students often require alternative education and support services. Parents of special needs children are having to make tough decisions as they cope with the responsibilities of healthcare, therapies, and education of their children, causing severe financial problems for many of them.

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Create A Financial Plan

Create A Financial Plan

Creating a Financial Plan Yourself Isn’t Difficult

You don’t have to spend a lot of money to learn how to create a  financial plan. Our tips will show how to do it for free.

A 2019 survey by a respected financial firm, revealed some interesting statistics. The survey pointed out that about 75% of individuals who had a financial plan in place paid their bills on time.

In contrast, about 35% without a plan paid their bills on time. In addition, about 65% who had a financial plan, set up an emergency fund to cover unexpected expenses. About 25% of those who had no plan, created an emergency fund for future unforeseen expenses.

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Financial Planning for Millennials

Affordable Financial Planning for Millennials

Financial planning for millennialsA recent study was done by a major financial institution on the millennial generation and their money. One of the major revelations was that approximately eighty percent of these individuals that participated in the survey, stated that they learned how to survive and save after seeing how the great recession impacted their elders. Financial planning for millennials didn’t appear to be that important.

However, almost half admitted that their greatest financial concern was debt, and because of the high debt, they were living paycheck to paycheck. View full post…

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You’ve Won the Lottery – Now What? – You Need Financial Planning

So You’ve Won The Lottery – What Are You Going To Do With It? You Need Financial Planning

You've won the lottery, now what?We’ve all seen those movies where an attorney calls or sends a certified letter saying that some distant relative, twice removed, has passed away, and left you several million dollars. When the shock subsides and you stop shaking, you begin to wonder what you can do with this new found wealth. Financial planning usually isn’t at the top of the list.

Stories such as this aren’t that far fetched or as rare as we think. It does happen, practically on a daily basis to some degree, and the new found wealth usually disappears very quickly if the individual doesn’t seek proper financial planning.

Unfortunately, this seems to be more prevalent with lottery winners. A few years ago, I knew of one who won an out of state lottery and took a lump sum for several million dollars. After paying the federal and two states income taxes, he started the spending. He bought new Mercedes for the family and relatives, and three new expensive homes. He even went so far as to hire his niece who was in college, to walk behind him with a tape recorder to make notes of any ideas that popped into his mind.

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