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  • Describes how IDAs can serve as a tool for banks and other financial institutions to encourage people with low incomes and families to save money and build assets to reach their financial goals. This link opens a PDF document.

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  • Learn about financial management through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Money Smart Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) program, an online learning tool that teaches the 10 modules of the Money Smart curriculum. Also available in Spanish.

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  • Describes how coordinating the use of IDAs and microenterprise development programs can increase the effectiveness of both approaches in helping people get small business loans and become entrepreneurs.

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  • A 30-second online training to help individuals with disabilities learn the difference between credit and debit cards. 30-Second Trainings are designed to be short, easy and fun, and increase knowledge of disability, financial and employment-related issues. These subjects are important to improving a person's economic situation and independence.

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  • A 30-second online training about the Earned Income Tax Credit. 30-Second Trainings are designed to be short, easy and fun, and increase knowledge of disability, financial and employment-related issues. These subjects are important to improving a person's economic situation and independence.

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  • Provides answers to frequently asked questions about IDAs such as how IDAs may affect Social Security benefits and how to use an IDA as part of a PASS plan.

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  • Fact sheet that explains how students with disabilities who are transitioning from school to adult life may be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Work Incentive programs like Plans for Achieving Self Support (PASS). PASS plans can pay for work-related items or services, but must be used to meet a vocational goal. Includes questions that educators can ask during a student's Individual Education Planning (IEP) meeting to find out if the student might be eligible.

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  • A 30-second online training to help individuals with disabilities learn the importance of a credit history. 30-Second Trainings are designed to be short, easy and fun, and increase knowledge of disability, financial and employment-related issues. These subjects are important to improving a person's economic situation and independence.

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  • A 30-second online training about asset development and why it is important to people with low-incomes. 30-Second Trainings are designed to be short, easy and fun, and increase knowledge of disability, financial and employment-related issues. These subjects are important to improving a person's economic situation and independence.

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  • Information on how to make financial education programs accessible to people with different disabilities. Includes information on adapting the format and content of a curriculum and using a variety of methods to communicate important financial education lessons.

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