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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Some good information here!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> ABLE today <info@abletoday.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 18, 2022 10:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> lucas.bonnie@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Announcing the NAST Foundation's ABLE today™<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=660 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0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt .25in 9.0pt .25in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:.25in;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>NAST Foundation Launches New National Initiative to Advance Financial Empowerment for People with Disabilities</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=last-child1 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#4C7542'>ABLE today™ serves as a national outreach and engagement platform for increasing awareness and promoting the positive impacts of ABLE Accounts</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt 0in 9.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=7516067760&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=564 height=564 style='width:5.875in;height:5.875in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:9.0pt .25in 9.0pt .25in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>The National Association of State Treasurers Foundation (NAST Foundation) has launched <a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=66debba9a9&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:Lora;color:black'>ABLE today</span></strong></a><strong><i><u><span style='font-family:Lora'>™</span></u></i></strong>, a nationwide initiative to advance financial empowerment for people with disabilities by increasing the awareness of ABLE accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>ABLE today is leading a collaborative national outreach and awareness effort by promoting the benefits of ABLE accounts. </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>Through the NAST ABLE Network, we support ABLE nationally and for the ABLE Programs in 46 states and the District of Columbia. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>This effort includes providing ABLE education to the disability community, establishing partnerships with stakeholders, and engaging employers on the benefits ABLE provides as a tool toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I). </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>ABLE today was generously provided with founding support from Wells Fargo and aligns with their financial health philanthropy mission to open pathways to economic advancement for diverse and low- to moderate-income Americans.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>ABLE accounts are a relatively new financial tool for people with disabilities. They were made possible by the <em><span style='font-family:Lora'><a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=0d2cab1b26&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4C7542'>2014 Stephen Beck Jr. Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act</span></a></span></em>, which created a savings and investment account specifically for people with disabilities. ABLE accounts allow people with disabilities to have money that is not counted towards asset limitations set by means-tested benefit programs like Medicaid or SSI. These asset limits can prevent people with disabilities from saving money beyond $2,000 and planning for their future, however, through an ABLE account those financial choices can now have different options.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=last-child1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'><a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=57784f604b&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:Lora;color:#4C7542'>You can learn more about our ABLE today 2022 announcement here</span></strong></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt .25in 15.0pt .25in;min-width:100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-top:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt .25in 9.0pt .25in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:.25in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#4C7542'>Join ABLE today for Our First National Webinar marking the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#4C7542'>Tuesday, July 26 @ 1 pm EST</span></b><b><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#4C7542'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt .25in 9.0pt .25in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:.25in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'><a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=70e81e44a1&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>ABLE today</span></strong></a></span><span style='font-family:Lora;color:black'> is honored to co-host a national ABLE webinar with C-Talent and Inclusively to help spread awareness about ABLE Accounts to individuals with disabilities, families, caregivers, employers and stakeholders. The passage of the ABLE Act is hailed as the most significant disability law since the passage of the ADA. Our first ABLE today national webinar will take place on the 32nd of the ADA, July 26 at 1 pm EST. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=last-child1 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><i><span style='font-family:Lora;color:black'>Speakers include: </span></i></strong><em><span style='font-family:Lora;color:black'>Eric Ochmanek, Sara Hart Weir, and Mark Raymond Jr. from ABLE today, Keely Cat-Wells from C-Talent and Charlotte Dales from Inclusively</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:9.0pt .25in 9.0pt .25in;border-radius:8px'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#4C7542;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-radius:8px;display:inline-block;min-width:30px'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=12eb8e0d5f&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:white;border:solid #4C7542 1.5pt;padding:12.0pt;background:#4C7542;text-decoration:none'>REGISTER TODAY</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:8.25pt 0in 9.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=564 height=564 style='width:5.875in;height:5.875in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:9.0pt .25in 9.0pt .25in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:.25in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:23.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:#4C7542'>Partner with ABLE today<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=last-child1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:black'>ABLE today is here to share information and help answer questions. Let’s work together to provide education and resources on this impactful program.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt .25in 9.0pt .25in;border-radius:0'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#4C7542;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-radius:0;display:inline-block;min-width:30px'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=708a95557f&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:white;border:solid #4C7542 1.5pt;padding:12.0pt;background:#4C7542;text-decoration:none'>Connect with ABLE today</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.25in .25in .25in .25in;background-size:cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background-size:cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in .25in 0in .25in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://abletoday.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2f8552627c301e095781be19f&id=bbc91d31f3&e=75ebdd6365" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=40 height=40 style='width:.4166in;height:.4166in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. 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