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| Arron Hammond, left, and Bethann Lyon, guardianship and compliance coordinators at The Arc of Madison Cortland. The agency was recently awarded a grant from the Trustee Management Board of NYSARC Trust Services to support the agency’s guardianship program. |
NYSARC Trust Services administers supplemental needs trusts (SNT) that can make dramatic improvements to the lives of people with disabilities while enabling individuals to maintain eligibility for public benefits programs, such as Medicaid and SSI. For 2019, NYSARC Trust Services is proud to fulfill its commitment to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities by awarding over $2.73 million in grants to NYSARC Chapters statewide.
The Arc of Madison Cortland utilizes these funds to pay staff salaries, administration costs, and best of all, to enrich the lives of the individuals they support in corporate guardianship. The guardianship program has made life-long commitments to those individuals who have no one else to advocate on their behalf.
“We have made a life-long commitment to the individuals we support, and this generous funding helps the people we support live their best life,” said Karen Stace, compliance officer and director of guardianship at The Arc of Madison Cortland.
In 1993, a single mother in Cortland County was facing terminal cancer, she had a 23 year old son with cerebral palsy. With no immediate family, there was no one that could look after or advocate for his best interests and needs. The Arc of Madison Cortland became his legal guardian. He is still a part of the program today and has recently become a volunteer guardianship committee member, a role which he feels empowered by.
For more information about the services provided by The Arc of Madison Cortland, visit arcofmc.org or call 315-363-3389.
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