EQUITY e-newsletter: May 2005
Disability and Asset Building Communities Working Together
http://www.wid.org/equity
In the May EQUITY:
State Asset Building- Financing Full Inclusion
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity
FEATURE ARTICLE:
Using Tax Policy to Promote Asset Building Strategies for People with
Disabilities: A Case Study of the New Hampshire Community Development
Finance Authority
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200505&topic=fa
Woullard Lett and Michael Swack, researchers for the Applied Research Center
at Southern New Hampshire University, describe how New Hampshire’s state tax
policy supports asset development programs that inclusively serve people
with disabilities.
PROGRAM OF THE MONTH:
Rethinking Rehab: Using Vocational Rehabilitation Funds to Start Individual
Development Accounts
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200505&topic=pm
Abby Cooper, Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, has
found a new source for matching funds for Individual Development Accounts to
help people with disabilities become more economically self-sufficient.
PROFILE OF THE MONTH:
Asset Building Pitfalls: Navigating the Maze with a Disability
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200505&topic=profile
Two stories illustrate the difficulty for people with disabilities and their
families to build assets. Knowledge of public benefits programs and how they
interact with asset building programs can help participants move towards
economic self-sufficiency while maintaining vital health insurance and
income supports.
TIP OF THE MONTH:
New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) Replication
Recommendations
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200505&topic=tm
Woullard Lett & Michael Swack provide recommendations to other states
interested in developing state tax credits to support asset development, as
well as how to better serve people with disabilities.
EQUITY RESPONDS: WID Answers Your Questions
What is the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and how can it help people
with disabilities?
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200505&topic=responds
LEARNING & NETWORKING RESOURCES:
Informative websites of interest to both communities
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity-resource#current
CONFERENCES & EVENTS:
http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=conf
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