Ryan Robnett recently interviewed Elder Law Attorney and AFT Executive Director Melanie Bradford Holliman on the Golden Years in Alabama radio show. We appreciate Ryan’s kind words about AFT and his help in spreading the word about our work. You can listen to the podcast here. Ryan and Melanie covered a wide range of elder law topics but focused on AFT at the end of the interview. What is Alabama Family Trust? Alabama Family Trust is a nonprofit pooled trust company that administers special needs trusts for the disabled. Federal law and state law allow special needs … [Read more...]
Alabama Family Trust Benefits from Birmingham Magazine’s 2017 Top Attorneys
Birmingham Magazine recently surveyed the 4,000+ membership of the Birmingham Bar Association to identify the top five attorneys in various categories. Who better than one’s peers to know who is truly in the know. Alabama Family Trust was particularly interested in the categories of elder law, estate planning, probate, and trust which impact you. Alabama Family Trust is pleased to announce that its executive director, Melanie B. Holliman (formerly Melanie B. Bradford) who is also a partner in Bradford & Holliman was named a Top Elder Law Attorney and a Top Probate Attorney. In 2016, she … [Read more...]
How Hearing Loss Affects Alabama’s Senior Population
As the 22nd state to join the Union, Alabama is one of the nation’s most historical states,with strong ties to the American Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, and Industrial Revolution. It was on the backs of our forefathers, and our parents, and Alabama’s current senior citizens that this great state was shaped into what it is today. Currently, when most think of the “The Yellow Hammer State”, the first thing that comes to mind are colossal space ships launching from The US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, miles of gorgeous Gulf Coast beaches, or the Robert Trench Jones Golf Trail. … [Read more...]
AFT wins state award for commitment to the elderly!
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Alabama Family Trust has been selected to receive the Alabama Gerontological Society’s 2016 Organization Award at their 36th Annual Conference for AFT’s commitment to improving the quality of life for older Alabamians. AFT is a pooled special needs nonprofit 501(c)3 trust established by the state in 1994 to invest and protect assets of individuals with disabilities, including the elderly. AFT allows families to protect assets in a pooled special needs trust and enable their disabled senior to be eligible for Medicaid benefits. Once qualified, Medicaid would pay for … [Read more...]
2017 Top 50 Over 50
We are so excited to share that Positive Maturity has just chosen Doug Marshall, our own CFO and Director of Community Relations in its 2017 Top 50 Over 50 Awards! Doug spent 25 years at Energen as Tax Director and VP/Controller of Alagasco with responsibilities over Operations. He has devoted his life to helping others soar, continuing his journey as CFO for United Ability before moving to AFT, where we as a non-profit administer special needs trusts to improve the lives of children and adults with disabilities, including the elderly in nursing homes. Congrats Doug! … [Read more...]
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