GSF programs and services are continually expanding across the united states. To inquire about service opportunities in your region, email info@goodshepherdfund.org. Certain states have a limited service scope; states with limited services are shown with a state-specific tab below the services menu.
Medical Power or Attorney

A Medical Power or Attorney (M-POA) is someone you appoint to assure your wishes are followed relative to medical crisis, incapacity, medication, end-of-life care, and funeral/burial procedures. When GSF serves as M-POA, we work with the client to craft a plan of action under the desired scope of engagement requested. We try to plan as comprehensively as the client likes. We follow plans detailed to the point of which direction the bed shall face, to what type of flowers and ornaments adorn the room, to the preferred fragrance of the air, and so on. End of life planning can be stressful and uncomfortable, but GSF staff are experts at navigating this transition, and will be with the client every step of the way.
Case Management
Case Management is an à la carte offering, where clients requiring specific assistance can mix & match GSF expertise & services to their individual needs. A case management engagement might include temporary assistance with public benefits enrollment, or future assistance with household budgeting or bill paying. Case management may include GSF visiting an individual periodically just to be a friend and to check up on his/her health & wellbeing.
Case Management services can be temporary or long-term. In some cases, clients request that GSF conduct an assessment of needs, and the Case Management engaging lasts as long as it takes to assess a persons situation and report recommendations or refer local professional assistance.
We are happy to discuss any need under the sun, and if we do not service the specific need requested within the geographic location of the client, we will refer a partner organization who can assist. Case Management appointments are entered into through a Case Management Agreement that outlines the scope of work and any required deliverables. These agreements can be cancelled at any time.

Financial Services

For a fraction the cost of hiring the services of a bank to administer a trust or estate, GSF serves as executor of estates and trustee of conventional trust documents including Special Needs Trusts (SNT) for hundreds of clients across the United States. We also serve as Financial Power of Attorney (F-POA) and administer various endowments. Of these fiduciary services offered, we specialize as a trustee or successor trustee of First and Third-Party SNTs.
SNTs are specialized trust instruments designed to protect a beneficiary’s public benefits eligibility. In order to assure SSI, Medicaid, or other benefits eligibility continues for the beneficiary, the trust must be administered by the trustee in a very specific manner, and GSF has decades long experience administering these trusts so that the beneficiary maintains his/her benefits enrollment and retains peace of mind.
Assets under GSF management are administered through the support of Secured Alliance. Secured Alliance supports the administration of over $100 million under management across several partner agencies, and operates in 49 states.
List of Services
Person-Centered Services | Financial Services |
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Guardianship | Executor |
Conservator of the Person | Trustee |
Medical Power of Attorney | Financial Power of Attorney |
Medical Proxy / Substitute Decision Maker | Conservator of the Estate |
Benefits Enrollment Assistance | |
Case Management Assessment | |
Case Manager |