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MetLife’s special needs calculator

Thomas Coyle

8 June 2005

Shortcut helps parents start financial planning for disabled children. Responding to recent data suggesting many parents with special needs children lack financial planning resources, MetLife’s Division of Estate Planning for Special Kids (MetDESK) has unveiled a free-of-charge web-based calculator to help guardians estimate the long-term financial needs of children with mental, physical or emotional disabilities.

“MetDESK’s primary goal with this new Special Needs Calculator is to provide a self-service tool that will help close the gap wealthier parents assume their money will address the needs of their children when they’re gone.” –FWR

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