Project Description
Money Smart Main Topics
Resources for Individuals with Disabilities
Helpful Links
- Offering ABLE Accounts to Missourians with disabilities
- Tax-free savings plan for disability-related expenses
- Save and invest without losing federal needs-based benefits
Giving those with disabilities the ability to save.
New Kansas ABLE Savings Plan helps individuals save, while preserving their SSI and Medicaid.
Banking Services for Individuals with Disabilities
- FDIC Money Smart – a comprehensive financial education curriculum designed to help low- and moderate-income individuals outside the financial mainstream enhance their financial skills and create positive banking relationships.
- Able Account National Resource Center
- Taxes and Tax Preparation
- Financial Education
- Asset Development
- Employment
- Public Benefits Planning
- Able Act
- 2016 Top 12 Financial Wellness Links for Persons with Disabilities, Family Members and Service Provider
Employment Resources for Individuals with Disabilities
- American Dream Employment Network
- Career One Stop
- Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation
- Project RISE (Reaching for Independent Successful Employment)
- Goodwill – empowers people with disadvantages and different abilities to earn and keep employment through individualized programs and services.
- JobOne
- Kansas Rehabilitation Services – (DCF)
- Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation (DESE)
- SHIFT– (Employer and Employee Disability Inclusion)
Resources Employers Hiring Individuals with Disabilities
Financial Education
- FDIC Money Smart – a comprehensive financial education curriculum designed to help low- and moderate-income individuals outside the financial mainstream enhance their financial skills and create positive banking relationships.
Database of Disability Resources
Publications
Covers Health, Disability, and Human Potential.
A national news organization serving the developmental disability community including autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and intellectual disability, among others.
A one-stop accessible destination for disability related information, resources, services and products.
A magazine for active wheelchair users.
This website/magazine has quite a history, and has evolved through many name changes that show the changing times and technology: Avocado Press, the Disability Rag, the Electric Edge, and now the Ragged Edge!
United Way 2-1-1
United Way’s 2-1-1 hotline is a great resource for everyday needs that aren’t quite 9-1-1 emergencies.
United Way 2-1-1 spans a 23-county area, including 7 counties in Kansas and 16 in Missouri, and has access to thousands of resources. The comprehensive database is constantly being updated so you’ll have accurate information. Call 2-1-1 and you’ll reach a trained, caring professional 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It’s free and confidential.
United Way 2-1-1 Online Search Engine
For additional information about United Way’s 2-1-1 services:
call (816) 474-5112 or toll free at (866) 320-5764.
