The Arc Launches Initiative to Financially Empower Families with Children with an Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability

Tuesday, May 2 - Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Contact: Jennifer McClure   jmcclurearcofdc@gmail.com   (520) 344-0339  

Sponsored by: The Arc of DC

https://futureplanning.thearc.org/

The Arc of the District of Columbia, Inc. recognizes that now more than ever, all families must engage in financial planning when their children are young. That is why beginning in May The Arc of the District of Columbia, Inc. is offering a FREE six-part financial education series titled Take Control: Building Financial Security. These sessions will provide families with the skills and tools to plan for a more secure financial future for themselves and for their son or daughter with an intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD).

Participants will:

• Learn how to create a budget;
• Understand credit and debt;
• Navigate the disability benefits system in our state;
• Use ABLE Accounts and Special Needs Trusts (SNTs) to build assets while maintaining benefit eligibility; and
• Lay the foundation to secure a better financial future.

Eligible families must:

• Include a child with I/DD currently in the third grade or below
• Fall within certain income requirements

This FREE training will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in May and June. Dinner and childcare will be provided. We are working on finalizing dates, times and a location and will update once these are set. To apply, or for more information, please contact Jennifer McClure, Program Director at The Arc of DC at (520) 344-0339 or by email at jmcclurearcofdc@gmail.com. Or contact Pam Hendershot, Operations Director at (301) 467-8681 or by email at hendershot@thearc.org.

Click here to download an application.

To learn more about The Arc’s future planning efforts, please visit the Center for Future Planning® website at futureplanning.thearc.org.