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

Amy Phelps aphelps at BISM.org
Thu Feb 17 19:39:21 UTC 2011


Has anyone had any luck getting into the webinar? 


Thanks!  
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From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carol Castellano
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 3:32 PM
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindkid] Fwd: WEBINAR: Innovative Asset Building Strategies for People with Disabilities

I am forwarding this information.
Carol

Carol Castellano
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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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.ph
>p?u=543&qid=77373>REGISTER
>NOW
>
>As a follow-up to
><http://civitest.povertylaw.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.ph
>p?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.ph
>p?u=543&qid=77373>REGISTER
>TODAY! For more information, contact
><mailto:assetopportunity at povertylaw.org>assetopportunity at povertylaw.org.
>
>
>
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