Mission

The CCD Financial Security and Poverty Task Force works to promote public policy aimed at increasing the financial security of all individuals with disabilities and their families. Because of the disproportionate number of people with disabilities living in poverty, our task force also advocates for public policy that impacts people living in poverty, including the disproportionate number of people of color with disabilities living in poverty.

Co-chairs

• David Goldfarb
  The Arc of the United States
  Goldfarb@TheArc.org

• Cyrus Huncharek
  National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
  cyrus.huncharek@ndrn.org
  202-408-9514 phone
  202-408-9520 fax

• Aaron Kaufman
  The Jewish Federations of North America
  Aaron.Kaufman@jewishfederations.org

• Michael Morris
  National Disability Institute
  (202) 296-2046 (office)
  MMorris@ndi-inc.org

CCD Ad Hoc Poverty Task Force Archives

ACTIVITIES

Financial Security and Poverty Task Force Student Loan Payment Pause Letter The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to urge you to extend the federal student loan payment pause and not require borrowers to resume payments in May. CCD’s mission is to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance; that enhances the civil rights and quality of life of all people with disabilities and their families; and that reflects the values of the Americans with Disabilities Act and all civil rights law. (March 14,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Financial Security and Poverty Task Force CCD Letter ABLE Public Education Campaign Letter On behalf of members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force, we urge you to work together to design and implement a public education campaign to increase awareness, understanding and enrollment in the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act program. There are over eight million eligible children and adults with disabilities nationwide who could benefit from opening and growing individual ABLE accounts with their preferred choice of state ABLE programs. (March 14,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Financial Security and Poverty Task Force CCD EITC CTC Letter The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force writes to urge Congress to take action and permanently adopt the changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that were made in the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Changes such as increasing the EITC for workers without dependent children in the household, making younger workers eligible, and increasing the CTC and making it fully refundable and available on a monthly basis are essential changes for people with disabilities and must be made permanent. (February 4,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Financial Security and Poverty Task Force The ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S.331/H.R.1219) What is ABLE? Passed with bipartisan support by Congress in 2014, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) Act allows eligible people with disabilities to establish “ABLE accounts'' where they can save for qualified disability expenses without jeopardizing their public benefits. Like college savings (“529”) accounts, earnings on an ABLE account and distributions from the account for qualified disability expenses do not count as taxable income of the contributor or the eligible beneficiary. (February 1,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Financial Security and Poverty Task Force CCD SBA Provisions Letter Build Back Better The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force writes to urge Congress to maintain the small business provisions in Build Back Better, which will benefit individuals with disabilities. CCD’s mission is to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance; that (January 26,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Financial Security and Poverty Task Force Financial Security and Poverty Task Force 2021 Annual Report (January 10,  2022) - Download [ PDF ]