A microboard is a nonprofit organization established for the sole purpose of organizing support for a single individual with a disability. Attorneys who counsel families with special-needs members should understand the microboard as a possible component of the family’s long-term planning.
The first microboards were created to mobilize resources to help the disabled individual live a life integrated in the community. The idea originated as a way to fill the gap between services the individual received from the school system and services he or she received from Medicaid waiver programs, for which the waiting list can be long.
