EQUITY e-newsletter: December 2006

Oregon Asset Building: Working toward Full Inclusion

Oregon’s Individual Development Account Initiative Strives to Better Include Persons with Disabilities

David Foster, Oregon Housing & Community Services, demonstrates how Oregon programs are working to provide more options for people with disabilities to become economically self-sufficient.

2006 EQUITY Year in Review

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REACH-ing Out to Help People "Budget, Buy and Save": REACH Community Development Corporation

Erin Kelley, REACH Community Development Corporation, illustrates how their new Individual Development Account program is helping Oregonians with disabilities and others build assets.

Fighting the Good Fight

As a quadriplegic that has spent his life advocating for innovative solutions for people with disabilities to become more integrated in their communities, Scott is now helping shape Oregon’s efforts to create asset building programs that address the needs of the disability community.

New Business Center for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities

The Differently-Abled Business Association (DBA) is an economic development endeavor to support entrepreneurs with disabilities starting or expanding their businesses. The program is on a three-year track to expand to a national scope as part of a move to provide a voice through the creation of a Chamber of Commerce for entrepreneurs with disabilities.

EQUITY Responds: Answers to common questions received from either the Asset Building Community or the Disability Community

I have heard that the only way for someone receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can participate in a non-federally funded Individual Development Account (IDA) is to include it in a Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS), how do I go about doing this?