EQUITY e-newsletter: April 2007
Up one levelIncluding People with Developmental Disabilities in the Ownership Society
- EQUITY Feature Article
- Asset Building: Opening the Door to the American Dream for People with Developmental Disabilities- Dennis Rizzo, New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities, illustrates why building assets with Individual Development Accounts is a perfect fit for people with developmental disabilities.
- EQUITY Special Section
- AFI Family Support 360 IDA Initiative- Providing Office of Community Services (OCS) Assets For Independence (AFI) Individual Development Account (IDA) Services for People with Disabilities
- EQUITY Program of the Month
- Kern Regional Center: Building Assets and Breaking Barriers for People with Developmental Disabilities- Aaron Markovits, Program Director, introduces one of the new Assets For Independence Individual Development Account programs- which happens to serve people with developmental disabilities.
- EQUITY Profile of the Month
- You Got to Believe: Lucius Mangrum- Learning to ignore the low expectations and the hateful comments has not been easy, but Lucius Mangrum has faith in himself. It was his faith and willingness to fight for his rights that allowed him to become a homeowner with a developmental disability in Washington D.C.
- EQUITY Tip of the Month
- De-linking Disability and Poverty: Call for the End of Asset Limits on Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs
- EQUITY Responds: WID Answers Your Questions
- What are microboards?