Disability Initiative Training National Partners

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Disability Initiative TrainingNational Partners

• Disability Initiative
• Training
• August 3, 2006
• St. Louis, MO

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Key Disability Statistics

• 47 million people with disabilities in the
  income-producing ages of 15 and older
• 20 million people with disabilities employed ages
  18-64
• Sources 2004 N.O.D/Harris Poll 2000 U.S.
  Population Census

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People with Disabilitiesand Poverty

• 33 of Adults with Disabilities Live in
  Households with Total Income of lt15,000
  Compared to Only 12 of those without
  Disabilities
• 58 of People with Disabilities are Asset Poor
  (Do not have enough resources to live at the
  Federal Poverty Level for three months)
• Sources 2004 N.O.D/Harris Poll 2000 U.S.
  Population Census

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Why are Asset Building Opportunities Important to
People with Disabilities?

• 54 of People with Disabilities have no Savings
  Accounts and 69 do not have a Checking Account
• Persons with Disabilities Lack Assets
• Growing Interest in IDAs for People with
  Disabilities

Sources 2004 N.O.D/Harris Poll 2000 U.S.
Population Census
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Current National Partners

• National Disability Institute
• Internal Revenue Service
• Easter Seals
• Independent Living Centers-NCIL
• Goodwill Industries International
• The Arc of the United States
• World Institute on Disability (WID)

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Future National Partners

• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)
• Social Security Administration (Office of
  Employment Support Programs)Alliance for
  Technology Access (ATA)
• NISH
• Epilepsy Foundation
• Center for Workers with Disabilities
• National Association of the Deaf
• National Federation of the Blind

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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
  amended, is a national law that protects persons
  from discrimination based on their race, color,
  or national origin, sex, age and disability in
  programs and activities that receive Federal
  financial assistance.

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What is the Real Economic ImpactDisability
Initiative?

• Real Economic Impact Campaign (link persons with
  disabilities and their families to free tax
  preparation and asset building services)
• Expansion to 50 Cities in 2006
• 60 Cities by 2007

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IRS Disability Brochure

• IRS Publication 3966, Living and Working With
  Disabilities - includes tax information
  specifically tailored to persons with
  disabilities, their families and their employers.
  
• Available in English, Spanish, CD, Braille and
  other Alternative Formats (see AMC)