Job Developing for People with Disabilities during Times of Increased Unemployment Successful Strategies

Friends,
I recently purchased the book The Unbanking of America by Lisa Serven. You can learn about her ideas and her book through her NPR interview at https://www.npr.org/2017/01/10/509126878/what-is-driving-the-unbanking-of-america
She states, "About 8 percent of Americans don't have a bank account at all, and another 20 percent have a bank account but they also rely on these alternative financial services as well.... more »

An assessment of a job seekers financial health or well-being can equip the employment counselor with critical information about the individual's financial stressors, the amount of money they really need to earn, what motivates them, and potential challenges they may face in pursing careers that require credit checks or that require long periods of unpaid training. You can learn more about a Financial Well-being Assessment... more »

The current SSDI allowance for work is 1$1080 for a non-blind individual. However, the federal guideline for medicaid qualification is $16,643 for 1 person. This is a higher amount a year than is allotted for SSDI recepient's. It would be nice if SSDI individuals could work for a higher amount a month that would enable them to pull themselves off of a large amount of federal programs. This would enable them to accumulate... more »

Every state has multiple free resources to give Social Security Disability and SSI beneficiaries accurate, personalized information regarding how work will effect their SSA and other Federal/State and local benefits. These resources are not well used by individuals with disabilities or many of the professionals who provide services. The Social Security disability systems is and in many ways has to be somewhat convoluted... more »