[blindkid] Fwd: WEBINAR: Innovative Asset Building Strategies for People with Disabilities

[Carol Castellano]

I am forwarding this information.
Carol

Carol Castellano
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org

Subject: WEBINAR:  Innovative Asset Building Strategies for People with
>  Disabilities
>Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:53:26 -0500
>From: "Cynthia Mapp" <Cynthia.Mapp at dhs.state.nj.us>
>
>Join Us for a Free Webinar on
>Innovative Asset Building Strategies for People with Disabilities
>
>People with disabilities have lower employment levels, report lower 
>levels of savings, and are more likely to experience poverty than 
>those without disabilities. The inextricable connection between 
>disability and poverty requires special attention to developing 
>policies and programs to give people the ability to save, acquire 
>assets and permanently escape poverty.
>
>  The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and The 
> Abilities Fund are hosting a free webinar on strategies and 
> innovative programs that promote asset building and independence 
> for individuals with disabilities.
>
>Accessible Assets, Part 2
>Thursday, February 17, 2011
>1:30 PM- 3:00 PM CST
><http://civitest.povertylaw.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=543&qid=77373>REGISTER 
>NOW
>
>As a follow-up to 
><http://civitest.povertylaw.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=544&qid=77373>the 
>first webinar on asset building and the disability community, this 
>webinar will highlight asset building strategies for individuals 
>with disabilities to achieve self-sufficiency and introduce new and 
>innovative asset building programs. Slated to speak are:
>    * William Gorman, Executive Director,
>    * The Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois (SILC);
>    * Patti Lind, Executive Director, The Abilities Fund;
>    * Joyce Armstrong, Project Director, Connect to Work Center,
>    * State of Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitation Services; and
>    * Joyanne Cobb, Analyst/Project Officer,
>    * Office of Project Development and Research, the Social 
> Security Administration.
>
>These experts will assess opportunities and self-sufficiency 
>strategies, and discuss expanding entrepreneurial opportunities and 
>access to capital for people with disabilities through the proposed 
>Connect-Ability program and the Social Security Administration's 
>Youth Transition Demonstration Projects.
>
><http://civitest.povertylaw.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=543&qid=77373>REGISTER 
>TODAY! For more information, contact 
><mailto:assetopportunity at povertylaw.org>assetopportunity at povertylaw.org.
>
>
>
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