EQUITY e-newsletter: June 2004

Unrealized Potential: Latinos with Disabilities and Asset Building Programs

Addressing the Barriers to Latino Wealth

Brenda Muñiz, National Council of La Raza, uncovers the unique obstacles that Latinos face that prevent achieving financial security and indicates with adequate support and outreach, asset building programs can help reduce poverty and dependency among the Latino population.

Latinos & Asset Building Graph

In order for Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) to be an effective poverty reduction tool, the Latino community must be served. The World Institute on Disability's Access to Assets Program has produced a graph comparing the total Latino percentage of each state's population to the percentage of Latinos served in IDA programs. See the results…

Home Ownership Made Easy: Reaching Out and Creating Affordable Housing Opportunities for People with Disabilities

David Silva, HOME, contributes a glimpse of a unique IDA program that combines multiple affordable housing tools for Latinos and others with disabilities that create the means to live independently in their Los Angeles community.

Building a Family Legacy: Gizella Bibiano

The Bibianos are an exceptional Latino family. Andreas is disabled and stays at home to take care of their two boys, while Gizella works at a library to make ends meet. Together with the Mott Hope IDA program in the Bronx, NY, they will soon move beyond just surviving and into the home that they have dreamt of for years.

Reaching the Latino Disability Community

Eight steps for both asset building programs and disability organizations to reach Latinos with disabilities.

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

I am an IDA program administrator. Despite the fact that our IDA program is located in a predominately Latino neighborhood, we do not serve that many Latinos. Is there something we can do to better reach this population?