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  • September 18, 2024: Publication

    • Read Now: ABLE Accounts: Empowering People with Disabilities

    • American Bar Association (ABA) - Commission on Disability Rights

  • August 8, 2024: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now: August 14th is ABLE Savings Day

    • by Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer

  • August 8, 2024: Press Release

    • Read Now: Celebrating the First National ABLE Savings Day

    • August 14 will mark the first national ABLE Savings Day hosted by the ABLE Savings Plans Network of the National Association of State Treasurers

  • June 13, 2024: Press Release

    • Read Now: Empowering Financial Independence: NAST & ABLE today Launch Innovative Savings Resources

    • Announcement of Launch for ABLE Program Search and Compare Tool, and the ABLE CLE for Lawyers

  • April 11, 2024: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now: How ABLE Programs Can Collaborate & Celebrate April as Financial Literacy and national Autism Awareness Month

    • by Nebraska Assistant State Treasurer and Director of Nebraska’s Enable Program Stacy Pfeifer

  • March 6, 2024: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now: Empowering Dreams: A Collaborative Effort to Support ABLE Education for Kansans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    • by Kansas State Treasurer Steven Johnson and Sara Hart Weir, the Executive Director of Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities and Senior Advisor to ABLE today

  • December 14, 2023: Guest Blog on ABLE Accounts

    • Read Now: ABLE Programs Prepare for Expanded Eligibility (U.S. Social Security Administration - Guest Blog)

    • by Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity

  • June 1, 2023: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now: Introducing the 2023 Disability Inclusion Pledge

    • by Bette Ann Mobley, ASPN Vice Chair and Maryland ABLE Director

  • May 15, 2023: News article

    • Read Now: Accounting for Taxes in Special Needs Planning (Financial Advisor)

    • featuring ABLE today’s Mark Raymond, Jr.

  • May 8, 2023: News article

    • Read Now: Personal Story on ABLE Awareness - The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (AwareNow Magazine, starts at page 70)

    • by ABLE today’s Mark Raymond, Jr.

  • May 2, 2023: Press Release

    • Read Now: SHRM Launches 2023 Disability Inclusion Pledge in Collaboration with ODEP and ABLE today

    • announced via Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Employment Policy (OPED) and ABLE today

  • April 6, 2023: News article

    • Read Now: For Assistive Technologies And More, ABLE Accounts Are A Lifeline to Autonomy For Disabled People (Forbes)

    • featuring Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, ABLE today’s Mark Raymond, Jr. and ABLE champions

  • March 16, 2023: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now: March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

    • by Colleen Davis, State Treasurer of Delaware

  • March 6, 2023: News article

    • Read Now - Split Second Foundation Promotes Financial Tools for People Living with Disabilities (Biz New Orleans)

    • contributions by Mark Raymond, Jr., ABLE today National Outreach Lead

  • February 16, 2023: Newsletter Story

    • Read Now - Highlighting Gift of College’s supports for ABLE accounts

    • by Gift of College

  • February 15, 2023: News article

    • Read Now - How to Make the Most of an ABLE Account (New Mobility Magazine - a publication of United Spinal Association)

    • contributions by Dante Allen, (CalABLE); Mark Raymond, Jr. (ABLE today); and Eric Ochmanek (ABLE today)

  • February 2, 2023 - Press Release

    • Read Now - First-Ever ABLE Account Resource is Launched in American Sign Language

  • January 20, 2023: News article

    • Read Now - Savings Accounts for Disabled People Are Opened to More of Them (The New York Times)

    • contributions by: Stacy Garrity, State Treasurer of Pennsylvania and Chair of the ABLE Savings Plans Network; and Mary Morris, CEO of Virginia529 and ABLEnow

  • December 23, 2022: Press Release

    • Read Now - The National Association of State Treasurers Applauds the Passage of the ABLE Age Adjustment in the Omnibus Spending Bill

  • December 1, 2022: Braille Monitor - a publication of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)

    • Read Now - A Way to Save When Receiving Public Assistance

    • by Eric Ochmanek, ABLE today Program Director for NAST

  • November 30, 2022: Announcement

    • Read Now - ABLE today featured by Wells Fargo during the 2022 NYSE Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Event

  • November 22, 2022: Newsletter Story

    • Read Now - INvestABLE Engages the Veteran’s Community on ABLE

    • by Indiana’s ABLE Program

  • November 4, 2022: NAST ABLE Committee Op-Ed

    • Read Now - Now is the time for the ABLE Age Adjustment Act Op-ed (The Hill)

    • by Fiona Ma, State Treasurer of California, and Scott Fitzpatrick, State Treasurer of Missouri

  • October 21, 2022: ABLE Learning Module Launches

    • Read Now - NAST Foundation Launches New Open-Sourced ABLE Learning Module

  • October 14, 2022: Newsletter Story

    • Read Now - Maryland ABLE: Supporting Disability Employment Awareness through Outreach

    • by Maryland’s ABLE Program

  • September 14, 2022: Newsletter Story

    • Read Now - Daniel's Experience Opening an ABLEnow Account

    • by Virginia’s ABLE Program

  • August 25, 2022: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now - ABLE "the New Hampshire Way"

    • by Monica Mezzapelle, State Treasurer of New Hampshire; and Chuck Saia, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Governor's Commission on Disability

  • August 18, 2022: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now - Improving Access to ABLE

    • by Thomas P. DiNapoli, State Comptroller of New York

  • July 28, 2022: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now - Celebrating the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

    • by Fiona Ma, State Treasurer of California

  • June 23, 2022: NAST Thought Leadership Thursday

    • Read Now - NAST Foundation launches ABLE today to empower people with disabilities through ABLE accounts

    • by Eric Ochmanek, ABLE today Program Director for NAST

  • June 15, 2022: Press Release

    • Read Now - NAST Foundation Launches New National Initiative to Advance Financial Empowerment for People with Disabilities 

  • March 14, 2022: Press Release

    • Read Now - NAST Announces ABLE National Initiative


 

June 15, 2022

The National Association of State Treasurers Foundation Launches New National Initiative to Advance Financial Empowerment for People with Disabilities 

 

March 14, 2022

 NAST Announces ABLE National Initiative

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