About Us

Frank A. Varvaris and Associates: Providing professional planning assistance and services to people who have disabilities and their families, since 1990.  Over 30 years of assisting clients throughout our state.  Mr. Varvaris wrote the law in Iowa, I.C.634A, that protects Special Needs Trusts for people who have disabilities and he also helped to amend I.C. 633c2. Our planning services are fee based.  

We have been offering our clients specialized services since 1990.  We can help with:

• Special Needs Trust Administration
• Estate and Financial Planning assistance for families who have a child or other family members with disabilities
• Qualifying for SSI
• Applying for Social Security Disability
• Medicaid Planning
• Nursing Home Crisis Planning
  
• Protecting Resources
• Spend down strategies 
• Understanding Guardianships
• Personal Life Planning
• Resource for attorneys and Special Needs Trusts
• Lawsuit - Personal Injury Structures to Protect Benefits
• Ticket to Work for consumers who want to work
• Assisting retirees and pre-retirees with retirement concerns including When and How to Elect Social Security Retirement Benefits and other related concerns

Divisions of Frank A. Varvaris & Associates

• Administration of Special Needs Trusts
• Estate/Life Planning for People with Disabilities
• Applying for Social Security Disability and Handling Appeals
• Social Security Retirement and Maximization Planning 
• Lawsuit Settlement Structures for benefit eligibility 
• HCBS Waiver Application Assistance
  
• Ticket to Work EN