The trust will render the individual ineligible for SSI (Supplemental Security Income), or Medical Assistance (some states use MA, Medicaid, or have other names for this benefit) if it can be used for support (basic food, basic housing, or basic medicinal care) of the individual or if the trust requires, a pre-determined amount is to be spent on the individual (i.e. $50.00 per month; all interest income; etc.). Therefore, the trust must be written to give the trustee discretion to spend or retain funds, but the trustee must be directed to not spend funds in any manner that would reduce or eliminate government benefits the individual is receiving, or may in the future, be eligible to receive. The trustee can always supplement the individual’s benefits, but never supplant them. A Third Party Funded Supplemental Needs Trust can have multiple beneficiaries such as other siblings, charitable organizations, etc. but must contain language that protects the eligibility of a beneficiary with disabilities as previously recommended in this paragraph. The person establishing the trust, the Settlor, can direct who will receive any assets that remain (the residual) in the trust at the time of the disabled beneficiary’s death.