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What This Webinar Will Cover

Asset development and self-sufficiency strategies for individuals with disabilities

Introduce new and innovative asset building programsExpanding entrepreneurial opportunities for

people with disabilitiesConnect-ability programSocial Security Administration’s Youth

Transition Demonstration Projects

PanelistsWilliam Gorman, Executive Director, Statewide

Independent living Council (SILC) of Illinois

Patti Lind, Executive Director, The Abilities Fund

Joyce Armstrong, Project Director, Connect to Work Center, State of Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitation Services

Joyanne Cobb, Analyst and Project Officer, The Office of Program Development and Research, Social Security Administration

Asset Poverty

Asset poverty focuses on: total household wealth

 An “asset poor” household does not

have enough assets to meet its expenses for 3 months if no outside sources of income

Can meet expenses for 3 months if no

outside income77%

Asset Poor23%

Asset Poor Households in the United States

Working Age People (25-61) with Income Below the Annual Poverty Line in 1997 By Disability Status

1 or More Disabilities No Disabilities

Source: Peiyun She and Gina A. Livermore, “Long-Term Poverty and Disability Among Working-Age Adults,” Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2009; 19; 244.

ResourcesPrevious Webinar

http://www.povertylaw.org/clearinghouse-review/web-extras/asset-building-disability-webinar

ArticleKaren K. Harris and Hannah Weinberger-Divack, Accessible Assets: Bringing Together the Disability and Asset-Building Communities, 44 Clearinghouse Review 4 (May-June 2010)

The Shriver Brief http://www.theshriverbrief.org/articles/asset-building/

Asset Coalition Toolkit for States (ACTS) http://www.assetcoalitiontoolkit.org/

Previous Webinar http://www.povertylaw.org/clearinghouse-review/web-extras/asset-building-disability-webinar

ArticleKaren K. Harris and Hannah Weinberger-Divack, Accessible Assets: Bringing Together the Disability and Asset-Building Communities, 44 Clearinghouse Review 4 (May-June 2010)

The Shriver Brief http://www.theshriverbrief.org/articles/asset-building/

Asset Coalition Toolkit for States (ACTS) http://www.assetcoalitiontoolkit.org/

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