RiseWell - Long Island
About RiseWell - Long Island
RiseWell Community Services (RiseWell) is a multi-service, community-based social wellness agency and is a major provider of health and wellness, senior & children’s services, housing, and support services in Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan. Originally comprised of an alliance of family advocacy groups, RiseWell Community Services was incorporated as a not-for-profit in 1972. For fifty years, RiseWell has developed innovative, successful programs that are designed to meet the needs of vulnerable populations, such as individuals in recovery, those living with chronic medical conditions, adult home residents, the homeless, low-income seniors and at-risk children. Since 1977, RiseWell’s mission has been to engage people with disabilities in community service and provide a wide range of programs including care coordination, housing, clinical treatment, employment, peer advocacy, and other rehabilitative services. One of RiseWell’s main goals is to improve the lives of people with disabilities and their families through education, information and referral services, legislative action and program development.
Veterans Fiduciary Program
RiseWell Community Services’ Veterans Fiduciary Program provides money management services to disabled service connected veterans. This is a fee for service program with the fee set by the Veterans Administration. The VA appoints RiseWell to serve as fiduciary based on the veteran’s inability to manage or direct their own finances.
As fiduciaries, we work with the veteran, their social worker and field examiner to develop a working budget. We utilize the veteran’s VA benefit to pay rent, utility costs, medical expenses and any other miscellaneous expenses. We issue a VA approved personal needs allowance based on the individual’s needs and resources.
RiseWell is responsible for reporting any changes that could affect the veteran’s benefits. These changes can include: change of address, change of income, death, incarceration and hospitalizations. These changes are reported to the VA Field Examiner and/or the VA Fiduciary Unit.
We are required to maintain a federally insured savings account(s) for the veteran. Any funds not spent on the veteran’s behalf are saved in these interest bearing accounts. RiseWell is required to maintain all financial statements with regards to these accounts. A yearly accounting is provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the veteran.
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