EQUITY e-newsletter: May 2006

Telework: Home-based Asset Building

National Telecommuting Institute (NTI): Providing Home-Based Employment Opportunities For People with Disabilities

An interview with M.J. Willard, Executive Director of NTI, offers an entry into the virtual workforce for people with disabilities who strongly prefer or require home-based work. The telework jobs developed by NTI could serve as a springboard to a home-based business, or the first steps on a career path in the newly emerging world of virtual work.

The WorkPlace, Inc.: Southwestern Connecticut's Regional Workforce Development Board Telework / telecommuting Pilot Research Project

The Telework/telecommuting Pilot Research Project is a three-year national research project operating out of Connecticut's CTWorks Career Centers, that will provide data to help Congress, Department of Labor and other government agencies to determine future funding priorities for veterans and others with disabilities.

When Life Gives You Lemons...

For Wanda, it was never a question of if, only when and how. Finding the Illinois Telework loan program that helps people with disabilities purchase equipment, services, and home modifications for home-based employment, meant that she is now operating a thriving real estate business and helping people with disabilities become homeowners.

Access to Telework Funds (ATF)

The Telework Program was introduced as part of the President's New Freedom Initiative (NFI). One response to some of the challenges faced by the program requires making the connection to microenterprise organizations across the country.

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

Can you explain the Social Security work incentive Property Essential to Self-Support (PESS)?