I think this is a powerful newsletter to read. It will show parents that as
soon as their kids can count, they should start teaching them about money
and other things!

Tamar Mag Raine
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>From: Megan O'Neil <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 8/31/2004 3:05:58 PM
> Subject: [berkeley-disabled] NEW! September EQUITY e-newsletter: Youth
Initiatives
>
>
> EQUITY e-newsletter: September 2004
> Disability and Asset Building Communities Working Together
> http://www.wid.org/equity
>
> In the September EQUITY:
> The Future Looks Bright: Youth with Disabilities Planning Their Own
Destiny
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity
>
> FEATURE ARTICLE
> Investing in the Future: The Saving for Education, Entrepreneurship, and
> Downpayment (SEED) Initiative
> René Bryce-LaPorte, CFED, provides an overview of the youth
> initiative-SEED- that encourages youth to learn fiscal responsibility and
> plan for the future from an early age. He also addresses the issues that
> youth with disabilities face in their efforts to break the cycle of
poverty.
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200409&topic=fa
>
> SPECIAL SECTION: Life Beyond College
> Welcome to the ‘Real World’
> Gina Semenza, a bright, well-educated, motivated woman with a disability
> should have no problem finding a job. Wanting to work is not the problem;
> life with a disability is often complicated by ‘work disincentives’.
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200409&topic=ss
>
> PROGRAM OF THE MONTH:
> Youth Innovation: Communities United Credit Union- Wichita, KS
> Vonie Adams, CUCU, describes how their credit union is striving to become
> one of the most inclusive programs in the mid-west. Their newly
established
> teen board offers insight into the unique challenges that young adults
> encounter when trying to prepare for their futures with a good financial
> foundation.
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200409&topic=pm
>
> PROFILE OF THE MONTH:
> Setting Savings Goals: More Than Just Another Math Class- Joanna Huffaker
> Joanna Huffaker is a typical teenage girl- except that she was born with
> cognitive delays and is exceptionally good at saving money. Thanks to her
> mother’s influence and the Youth$ave program in Portland, Oregon, Joanna
is
> proving that all kids can learn the valuable lesson of saving money and
> setting goals for their future.
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200409&topic=profile
>
> TIP OF THE MONTH:
> Saving for an Education: 529 College Savings Plans
> Not just for the wealthy, these savings devices can help people with low
> incomes save for college too.
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200409&topic=tm
>
> EQUITY RESPONDS: WID Answers Your Questions.
> Special Needs Trusts
> I’ve heard of trust funds that can help people with disabilities retain
> assets and stay on public benefits. Can you give me more information?
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity&sub=200409&topic=responds
>
> LEARNING & NETWORKING RESOURCES:
> Informative websites of interest to both communities
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=equity-resource
>
> CONFERENCES & EVENTS:
> http://www.wid.org/publications/?page=conf
>
> The World Institute on Disability presents the 6th Annual Ever Widening
> Circle, an evening of entertainment by professional performers with
> disabilities. The event will be held on September 29, 2004 at the Yerba
> Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Tickets will be on sale July
1
> at the Yerba Buena Center box office: (415) 987-2787. Call (510) 251-4361
> for event sponsorship information.
> http://www.wid.org/performance/
>
> 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
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> Program and is supported by the Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy
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> The Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project (AATPP)
> http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/projects/assetdevtaxpol.html 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
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> EQUITY is also generously funded by the J.W. and Ida M. Jameson
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