EQUITY e-newsletter: December 2005

Disability and Asset Building Communities Working Together

If You Build It, They Will Come: The Abilities Fund, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, The Employment Policy Group

The Abilities Fund, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, The Employment Policy Group Three model programs in the state of Iowa are demonstrating how inclusive asset building can be accomplished.

Special: EQUITY Year in Review

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Facilitating Financial Independence for People with Disabilities Through Research: Law, Health Policy & Disability Center at the University of Iowa

Law, Health Policy & Disability Center at the University of Iowa Phoebe Ball, J.D. & Peter Blanck, Ph.D, J.D supply the academic arm of Iowa's asset building programs for people with disabilities.

Promoting an Asset Building Strategy for People with Disabilities

Phoebe Ball, J.D. illustrates what an advocate for modern disability rights looks like- an educated, financially knowledgeable, disabled mother striving to empower people with disabilities in Iowa.

The Makings of Microenterprise for People with Disabilities

Why it is important to have a 'special' program for people with disabilities wanting to start their own micro-businessess.

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

I'm an Iowan entrepreneur with a disability and while my business is doing well, housing is a serious problem. I want to own my own home, what resources are there to help?