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Individual Development Accounts, or IDAs, are matched savings accounts that build the financial management skills of qualifying Oregonians with lower incomes while they save towards a defined goal. IDAs build pathways of opportunity and create models of economic success in Oregon communities.

The Oregon Individual Development Account Initiative invests in the personal and financial growth of individuals to build strong communities throughout Oregon.

The Oregon Money Management Program

The Oregon Money Management Program offers free support to people with limited incomes who need help with money management tasks. Services are provided by trained and supervised volunteers who work one-on-one with individuals through three core services: Money Coach, Bill Payer, and Representative Payee.

Oregon Individual Development Account Initiative

Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) provide an opportunity for low-income people to learn the financial skills they need to earn more money, give back to their communities and build Oregon’s economy

Qualified participants set savings goals and make monthly savings deposits. Every dollar they save is matched to help them reach their goals so they can:

• Launch a new business.
• Get the higher education and professional training needed to qualify for a better job.
• Purchase a new home and create thriving, stable neighborhoods.
• Make needed repairs to a home that is no longer habitable.
• Purchase technology needed to work, such as hearing aids or a wheelchair accessible van.

With Open Arms-Embracing a Bright Financial Future for You and Your Child

Easter Seals and the National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) have collaborated to create a 72-page financial planning booklet for parents, caregivers, grandparents or others involved in the care of a special needs child. Included is information on estate planning, finding the right lawyer or knowledgeable financial planner, wills, special-needs trusts, government benefits, savings options insurance plans and other available resources. Easter Seals and NEFE encourage families to start financial planning when their child with a disability is at a young age

Jump$tart

Jump$tart is a national coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of pre-kindergarten through college-age youth by providing advocacy, research, standards and educational resources. Jump$tart strives to prepare youth for life-long successful financial decision-making.

Money Management Technologies

Money Management Technologies that aid people with intellectual disabilities with learning about money concepts and managing money.

Money Smart Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)

The Money Smart Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) is a friendly and easy to use learning tool that teaches the 10 modules of the Money Smart curriculum through a computer. The CBI can complement formal classes or enable people to study independently at their own pace. The CBI is for users age 13 and over with Money Smart for Young Adults and Money Smart Adult Financial Education Curriculum. Each module generally takes between 20-30 minutes to complete. Students receive ongoing feedback and, upon successful completion of each module, can print out a personalized certificate of completion. Espanol

Inclusive Child Care Program

The program provides supplemental child care subsidies for lower-income families of children with disabilities who have higher support needs in a child care setting. The program also builds capacity for inclusive child care by training and consultation for child care providers. The subsidy may pay for the extra supports a child needs to be in appropriate care. The program serves children through age seventeen with physical, developmental, mental, emotional, behavioral or medical disabilities.

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Regional Grants and resources for people with disabilities, families and organization supporting them.

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An Individual Development Account (IDA) is a savings account for a special purpose. The money you deposit in this account will be matched by private donations. Each dollar you save will be matched by other dollars. Save for your home, to go back to school, starting a business, purchasing equipment to support your job, or starting a small business.

Incight empowers people with disabilities to become contributing members of society. We accomplish this through several dynamic programs focused in the areas of: Education, Employment, Networking and Independence.

Mobility Unlimited is dedicated to helping working adults obtain the mobility equipment required to live independently and maintain employment. Mobility Unlimited Facebook Page

Oregon Student Assistance Commission(OSAC) administers a variety of State of Oregon, Federal, and privately funded student financial aid programs for the benefit of Oregonians attending institutions of post-secondary education. This agency was formerly known as the Oregon State Scholarship Commission.

The Blanche Fischer Foundation (BFF) is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded through a trust established by the late Blanche Fischer, a native of Long Creek, Ore. BFF makes direct grants on behalf of individuals with physical disabilities. The aid may relate directly to the disability or may less directly foster independence. In accordance with the terms of Ms. Fischer’s bequest, the foundation does not provide assistance for mental disability.
To be considered for a BFF grant, an individual must

• have a disability of a physical nature;
• reside in the state of Oregon; and
• show financial need.

Since its founding in 1981, the Blanche Fischer Foundation has awarded over $1.2 million to nearly than 2,200 individual Oregonians with physical disabilities. We have made more than 100 organizational grants during this time as well, furthering our mission.

Disability Funders Network (DFN) is a national membership and philanthropic advocacy organization that seeks equality and rights for disabled individuals and communities by bridging philanthropic resources, disability and community. DFN envisions an empowered and functioning democracy with full equality under the law, equal access to services, unconditional respect for difference and the meaningful participation of all communities at tables where decisions are made.