PTLive - Protected Tomorrows Special Needs Directory

Lifes Plan Inc. operates trust options for meeting the supplemental service needs of people with disabilities and the elderly without jeopardizing state and federal entitlements.

Paralyzed Veterans of America works to maximize the quality of life for its members and all people with SCI/D as a leading advocate for health care, SCI/D research and education, veterans’ benefits and rights, accessibility and the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs, and disability rights.

A Michigan based professional LLC providing parents, students, teachers, and administrators with law related resources

Our goal is to advance the dignity, equality, self-determination, and expressed choices of individuals. Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS) promotes, expands and protects the human and legal rights of people by providing them with information and advocacy.

Streamwood Behavioral Health Center has provided mental health treatment to our local community, the Chicagoland area and the state of Illinois since 1991. We are dedicated to providing services to meet the emotional and behavioral health needs of the ever-changing child and adolescent community.

Northpointe Resources, Inc. is a not-for-profit, publicly-funded provider of developmental disability and behavioral health services. Founded in 1953 by a group of concerned parents with a desire for quality programming, Northpointe has continued to grow this vision through our belief in the power of people and community.

Carl Mook is the founder and president of the CM Financial Group, a financial planning firm with offices throughout northern Illinois and a corporate office in Sycamore. He holds several security and insurance licenses. Carl opened his financial planning practice in 1981 after a successful 17 year teaching career, which involved working with students with learning disabilities. Being a licensed Advocate of Protected Tomorrows enables Carl and his firm to have a positive impact on many more people with developmental disabilities and their families. The Process for Protected Tomorrows fits with his philosophy of caring and sharing.

Gerald Rowley is the advocate for Tomorrow’s Life Care Plans (TLC Plans). TLC Plans provides obtainable solutions for families with children or other loved ones with special needs living in Utah's Wasatch Front. Gerald has a unique professional background that has provided a foundation for helping the special needs community. Gerald graduated from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah with a Bachelors Degree in Human Development, Psychology, and Zoology. He then graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado with a Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy. Gerald worked with individuals with physical limitations for 11 years. He then transitioned from helping families in the medical field, to helping families as a financial advisor. Gerald has spent the last eight years as a “financial therapist”. Becoming a Protected Tomorrow's Advocate has given Gerald an opportunity to combine his unique life experience, his medical background and financial education to help families in a very specific way to achieve peace.

Scott Steiner, CFP®, is a financial planner with Ehlert Financial Group, Inc. and works as an Advocate for Protected Tomorrows. After enjoying a nine-year career in banking, he joined Prudential Financial as a financial planner in 2003, shortly after caring for a terminally ill family member. The experience made Scott realize how emotionally and financially challenging it can be to meet the needs of a loved one who requires special attention. He not only is able to empathize, but also provide hope to other families, as his passion is to assist people in planning their financial futures.

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Marilyn Zilka is a financial advisor for Ehlert Financial Group, Inc. and is a licensed advocate of Protected Tomorrows®. She joined Ehlert in April of 2007, after a successful career with several Wall Street firms. For the last 20 years, she worked as an institutional equity salesperson with PaineWebber/UBS and Bank of America Securities. Her clients included bank trust departments, insurance companies, portfolio managers of mutual funds and investment advisors.

LifeCare Design Studio in conjunction with it's parent company "Protected Tomorrows Inc." is embarking on all encompassing programs to design, build and manage residential and community projects for young adults as well as the elderly with special needs". Funding negotiations have begun to develop these programs through both philanthropic as well as private investment programs

Shepherds exists to glorify Jesus Christ by supporting people with developmental disabilities to reach their potential.It is our desire to be a pre-eminent provider of Christ-centered services for people with developmental disabilities in order to encourage them in a personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ and support them in reaching Appropriate Independence.

This program is for children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families, we provide more than just a wide range of quality programming and services. We provide oppertunity.

Woods Services provides residential, educational and vocational supports for children and adults with exceptional needs. We serve more than 1,200 people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, challenging behaviors, emotional disorders, brain injury and neurological disorders