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Money Management
Financial Management
Melinda Burns provides an overview of key financial management topics for those seeking to live independently, including organizing financial documents, budgeting, building credit history, and taxes.
Creating Assets Savings and Hope (CA$H)
Melinda Burns, Director of Adult Education at Wildwood discusses how people with I/DD can learn how to manage their funds, get help with tax preparation and other financial information.
Further Learning
Easy Peasy Finance
Easy Peasy Finance provides easy to use resources that break down complex financial topics for kids and beginners to understand.
Your Money, Your Goals – Companion Guide for People with Disabilities
CFPB offers a companion guide to the Your Money, Your Goals Toolkit for people with disabilities. It offers 11 additional tools with tips and information so that everyone can be supported to live their best financial life.
Your Money, Your Goals Toolkit – Main Page
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) offers many free resources for people to learn about budgeting and managing their finances. The full Your Money, Your Goals Toolkit is available to download in English, Spanish, or Chinese at the link, and it includes 43 separate tools and handouts to help make decisions on a variety of financial topics. Additionally, these tools are available separately at the website below if you prefer to look at specific topics.
Financial Resilience Center
The Financial Resilience Center at the National Disability Institute is a virtual hub for people with disabilities to find helpful information on managing finances in difficult times.