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When your adult son or daughter is diagnosed with a serious mental illness, everything changes. Suddenly all your financial planning is thrown into turmoil as your focus turns from your needs to the immediate and long-term care of your child. The costs of diagnosis and treatments can derail your retirement plans unless you develop a financial strategy that provides for your child's future while safeguarding your own. Allen Giese has been where you are, and in this practical, compassionate handbook he offers invaluable advice, solutions, resources, and hope, including how to: Invest efficiently Apply for (and keep) government benefits Build a systematic financial plan Create ABLE accounts and special needs trusts Take advantage of strategic life insurance Avoid crucial mistakes And more When mental illness strikes, you don't have to sacrifice your financial security. This book can be your lifeline to the best possible future for yourself and your children.

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Allen Giese is the founder of Northstar Financial Planners, a fiduciary fee-only financial planning firm in South Florida that prides itself on helping clients achieve what is most important to them. Allen is the father of an adult son who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his late teens, and, with his wife, Gayle, is deeply involved in mental health advocacy. Together, they founded Ride to Awareness; in 2015 Allen and his team rode 3,000 miles, crossing the USA on bicycles promoting mental illness awareness and fighting the stigma attached to it. Both Allen and Gayle work closely with their local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Allen speaks frequently on the unique challenges of special needs and mental health financial planning.

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