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• Asset Building Opportunities

  Learn how to earn, save and invest towards your future, even if you receive Supplemental Security Income and/or Social Security Disability Insurance. Find out about building assets through a Plan for Achieving Self Support, financial education, Individual Development Accounts and other financial programs.

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• Questions & Answers about Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)

  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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• What is Asset Development?

  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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• Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Q&A

  Answers to frequently asked questions about the EITC, including what it is, who is a qualifying child and what earned income means. This link opens a PDF document.

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• America Saves

  Nationwide campaign that helps individuals and families save money and build wealth.

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• MyMoney.gov

  Website dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education. Whether you are buying a home, balancing your checkbook, or investing in your 401(k), the resources on MyMoney.gov can help you maximize your financial decisions.

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• Linking Asset Strategies to Persons With Disabilities

  Information on building strategies that include tax and financial education and how to start coalitions on disability within local communities to help expand social and economic options for low-income Americans with disabilities. This link opens a Word document.

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• 5 Tips for Shopping for A Mortgage

  Advice for consumers on what to consider when looking for a home mortgage lender. The Federal Reserve recommends that home buyers get the advice of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies. These tips are also available in Spanish.

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• Will I Lose My Social Security Disability Benefits if I Participate in an Independent Development Account (IDA)

  Describes how people who receive Social Security disability benefits will not lose their benefits if they participate in a federally funded IDA program. An IDA is a matched savings account that lets individuals with limited income and savings to save money and build their assets.

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• Assets & Opportunity Scorecard

  The Assets & Opportunity Scorecard is a comprehensive look at wealth, poverty and the financial security of families in the United States. It assesses the 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well residents are faring and what states can do to help residents build and protect assets. More information on this subject is available in the report With the Stroke of a Pen, which has information about low-cost policy ideas to increase financial security and opportunity in tough fiscal times.

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