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EQUITY e-newsletter: May 2004 Disability and Asset Building Communities Working Together http://www.wid.org/equity Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project (AATPP) funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) with support from J.W. and Ida M. Jameson Foundation and the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, the World Institute on Disability (WID) is proud to produce EQUITY Newsletter. Unfamiliar with asset building? EQUITY brings you articles that educate and inspire. For the seasoned asset building community member, EQUITY advises on how to better serve participants with disabilities. Every month, articles from leaders in the field, program administrators, and actual participants with disabilities challenge us to narrow the divide, mutually benefiting both communities. Also included: helpful tips, answers to your questions about disability issues, periodic federal policy updates, and valuable resources. May EQUITY: Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: Opportunities for Independence http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity FEATURE ARTICLE Self-Employment: Another Road to Self-Sufficiency for People with Disabilities Patti Lind, The Abilities Fund, shows how microenterprise development organizations can assist entrepreneurs with disabilities access the two key ingredients to self-employment success- access to capital and business planning technical assistance. http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200405&topic=fa SPECIAL SECTION: Report from the Council on Foundation’s Annual Conference Deborah Kaplan, Executive Director of the World Institute on Disability, facilitated the “Building Assets for All” panel that included Robert Friedman, CFED, Sharon Drake, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, and Mary Jo Mullen, F.B. Heron Foundation. Kaplan reports on the commitment of the asset building community to include people with disabilities in existing programs. http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200405&topic=ss PROGRAM OF THE MONTH: Disabled Businessperson’s Association (DBA): Offering Assistance Every Step of the Way Urban Miyares, nationally recognized businessman, entrepreneur, and disabled Vietnam veteran, discusses how DBA is filling the void for comprehensive entrepreneurial advice for people with disabilities. http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200405&topic=pm PROFILE OF THE MONTH: Persistence Pays Off: Bruce Williams Bruce Williams, who contracted Hepatitis C in 1986, has proven that hard work and determination do have their rewards. With the assistance of the Individual Development Account (IDA) program at West Company, a microenterprise development organization, Bruce is starting his own advertising and marketing agency. http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200405&topic=profile EXCLUSIVE CONTRIBUTION! Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment Survey (Word) Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment has produced an extraordinary tool for budding entrepreneurs and microenterprise development organizations. They have generously shared their quiz and encourage its reproduction and wide distribution. Download at http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity TIP OF THE MONTH: Social Security Work Incentive “Unincurred Business Expenses” for self-employment business support. http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200405&topic=tm EQUITY RESPONDS: WID Answers Your Questions. I work for a non-profit that supports microenterprises. We have clients with disabilities that want to start their own businesses. What resources are available? http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200405&topic=responds LEARNING & NETWORKING RESOURCES: Informative websites of interest to both communities http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity-resource New Microenterprise Publications! Center for Social Development (PDF) Integrating Savings into Microenterprise Programs for the Poor: Do Institutions Matter? http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/Publications/2004/WP04-05.pdf Fred Ssewamala and Michael Sherraden, Center for Social Development April 2004 Support for Microenteprise as Asset Building: Concepts, Good Practices, and Measurement http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/Publications/2004/WP04-06.pdf Mark Schreiner, Center for Social Development April 2004 CONFERENCES & EVENTS http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=conf World Institute on Disability (WID) is a non-profit public policy center dedicated to the promotion of independence and full inclusion in society of people with disabilities. WID's Access to Assets (ATA) program provides training and technical assistance to asset building and disability organizations seeking to improve the inclusion of people with disabilities in poverty reduction programs. In addition, ATA provides information and referral services to individuals with disabilities and conducts federal and state policy analysis on related issues. NEW! Toll-Free Technical Assistance Hotline: 1-866-723-1201 Do you have questions about asset building strategies or serving people with disabilities? Please contact: Megan O'Neil World Institute on Disability Access to Asset Project Coordinator [log in to unmask] Is there an article, conference, or website that you would like to have included in EQUITY? All comments and suggestions are welcome. We encourage the widest possible dissemination of EQUITY- please forward this message to colleagues and friends. To subscribe or unsubscribe to EQUITY, please send an email to [log in to unmask] EQUITY is disseminated in plain text in an effort to be as accessible as possible to a variety of audiences. If you have difficulty reading this email or accessing our website, please send comments to [log in to unmask] EQUITY is a publication of World Institute on Disability's Access to Assets Program and is supported by the Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project. The Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project (AATPP) is a partnership of The Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center at the University of Iowa College of Law, in collaboration with Southern New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development, the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, the World Institute on Disability, and the National Cooperative Bank Development Corporation. AATPP is 100 percent funded by U.S. Department of Education grant #H133A031732. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIDRR or University of Iowa. EQUITY is also generously funded by the J.W. and Ida M. Jameson Foundation and the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation. Copyright © Access to Assets EQUITY 2004. All rights reserved. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.