“Secure Your Financial Future” Toolkit

The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has created the “Secure Your Financial Future” toolkit for individuals with disabilities. The toolkit provides clear and accurate financial information based on where you are in your employment journey.

The toolkit is designed to help you meet your financial goals when you are:

• Preparing for a Job
• Starting a Job
• Maintaining a Job
• Changing or Losing a Job
• Retiring from a Job

“Should I Use a Special Needs Trust or an ABLE Account?”

The Arc’s Center for Future Planning has created this free resource to help you decide whether a special needs trust or ABLE account is right for you.

“Steps for Better Health” Toolkits for People with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a series of easy-to-read fact sheets for people with sickle cell disease (SCD). The “Steps for Better Health” toolkits provide information and health tips about many of the complications that can affect people with SCD. The CDC created the materials in partnership with the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

The “Steps for Better Health” toolkits are based on the ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines on SCD and include information on:

• Caring for common complications
• Lung health
• Blood clots
• Managing acute and chronic pain
• Blood transfusions

“What You Need to Know About Your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) When You Turn 18”

This publication helps youth prepare for the transition from school to adult life. It provides information about SSI work incentives that primarily affect youth, as well as information about common programs and services that parents, guardians and youth may find helpful. Specific programs covered include the Student Earned Income Exclusion, SSI Continued Payments (Section 301), vocational rehabilitation and the Department of Education’s Parent Centers. Information on Medicaid, the importance of keeping health insurance and having a primary care provider are also included.

“Youth and Funerals” Resources for Helping Children and Youth Grieve, Remember and Memorialize Loved Ones

The Funeral Service Foundation’s “Youth and Funerals” page provides free ebooks, printed booklets and webinars to help families discuss death and funerals with youth. The information can help families understand the role funerals play in the lives of children and youth, and how including youth in remembering loved ones can be healing and empowering.

Materials in English and Spanish include:

• Age-appropriate language and advice on discussing death and funerals with youth
• Suggestions for preparing and involving youth in remembering or memorializing a loved one

“Secure Your Financial Future” Toolkit

The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has created the “Secure Your Financial Future” toolkit for individuals with disabilities. The toolkit provides clear and accurate financial information based on where you are in your employment journey.

The toolkit is designed to help you meet your financial goals when you are:

• Preparing for a Job
• Starting a Job
• Maintaining a Job
• Changing or Losing a Job
• Retiring from a Job

“Should I Use a Special Needs Trust or an ABLE Account?”

The Arc’s Center for Future Planning has created this free resource to help you decide whether a special needs trust or ABLE account is right for you.

“Steps for Better Health” Toolkits for People with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a series of easy-to-read fact sheets for people with sickle cell disease (SCD). The “Steps for Better Health” toolkits provide information and health tips about many of the complications that can affect people with SCD. The CDC created the materials in partnership with the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

The “Steps for Better Health” toolkits are based on the ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines on SCD and include information on:

• Caring for common complications
• Lung health
• Blood clots
• Managing acute and chronic pain
• Blood transfusions

“What You Need to Know About Your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) When You Turn 18”

This publication helps youth prepare for the transition from school to adult life. It provides information about SSI work incentives that primarily affect youth, as well as information about common programs and services that parents, guardians and youth may find helpful. Specific programs covered include the Student Earned Income Exclusion, SSI Continued Payments (Section 301), vocational rehabilitation and the Department of Education’s Parent Centers. Information on Medicaid, the importance of keeping health insurance and having a primary care provider are also included.

“Youth and Funerals” Resources for Helping Children and Youth Grieve, Remember and Memorialize Loved Ones

The Funeral Service Foundation’s “Youth and Funerals” page provides free ebooks, printed booklets and webinars to help families discuss death and funerals with youth. The information can help families understand the role funerals play in the lives of children and youth, and how including youth in remembering loved ones can be healing and empowering.

Materials in English and Spanish include:

• Age-appropriate language and advice on discussing death and funerals with youth
• Suggestions for preparing and involving youth in remembering or memorializing a loved one

“Secure Your Financial Future” Toolkit

The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has created the “Secure Your Financial Future” toolkit for individuals with disabilities. The toolkit provides clear and accurate financial information based on where you are in your employment journey.

The toolkit is designed to help you meet your financial goals when you are:

• Preparing for a Job
• Starting a Job
• Maintaining a Job
• Changing or Losing a Job
• Retiring from a Job

“Should I Use a Special Needs Trust or an ABLE Account?”

The Arc’s Center for Future Planning has created this free resource to help you decide whether a special needs trust or ABLE account is right for you.

“Steps for Better Health” Toolkits for People with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a series of easy-to-read fact sheets for people with sickle cell disease (SCD). The “Steps for Better Health” toolkits provide information and health tips about many of the complications that can affect people with SCD. The CDC created the materials in partnership with the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

The “Steps for Better Health” toolkits are based on the ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines on SCD and include information on:

• Caring for common complications
• Lung health
• Blood clots
• Managing acute and chronic pain
• Blood transfusions

“What You Need to Know About Your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) When You Turn 18”

This publication helps youth prepare for the transition from school to adult life. It provides information about SSI work incentives that primarily affect youth, as well as information about common programs and services that parents, guardians and youth may find helpful. Specific programs covered include the Student Earned Income Exclusion, SSI Continued Payments (Section 301), vocational rehabilitation and the Department of Education’s Parent Centers. Information on Medicaid, the importance of keeping health insurance and having a primary care provider are also included.

“Youth and Funerals” Resources for Helping Children and Youth Grieve, Remember and Memorialize Loved Ones

The Funeral Service Foundation’s “Youth and Funerals” page provides free ebooks, printed booklets and webinars to help families discuss death and funerals with youth. The information can help families understand the role funerals play in the lives of children and youth, and how including youth in remembering loved ones can be healing and empowering.

Materials in English and Spanish include:

• Age-appropriate language and advice on discussing death and funerals with youth
• Suggestions for preparing and involving youth in remembering or memorializing a loved one