Do you worry about what might happen if something goes wrong with something expensive you depend on? How will you afford it if a home appliance or a vital piece of assistive technology fails unexpectedly? This week we talked about when and how to purchase warranties, insurance policies, or protection plans designed to help you…
Katie: Our goal is to help people with disabilities and others build their financial resiliency so they can be prepared for any type of life event. Chris: This is the Penny Forward podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. Liz: I’M Liz Bottner. Chris: And I’m Chris Peterson.…
We’ll be talking with Katie Metz, the director of the Financial Resilience Center at the National Disability Institute. We’ll be learning about how the Financial Resilience Center got started, what it currently offers, and what might be coming in the near future. A full text transcript of this episode can be found at: https://pennyforward.com/podcast-transcript-financial-resilience-for-people-with-disabilities/ The…
We’ll be talking with Katie Metz, the director of the Financial Resilience Center at the National Disability Institute. We’ll be learning about how the Financial Resilience Center got started, what it currently offers, and what might be coming in the near future. A full text transcript of this episode can be found at https://pennyforward.com/early-access-podcast-transcript-financial-resilience-for-people-with-disabilities/ The Penny Forward…
Katie: Our goal is to help people with disabilities and others build their financial resiliency so they can be prepared for any type of life event. Chris: This is the Penny Forward podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. Liz: I’M Liz Bottner. Chris: And I’m Chris Peterson.…
Last week we talked about the power of patience. It can take years for many of us to achieve our most ambitious goals and it can be tempting to change the goal, take shortcuts to get there faster, or give up entirely. Those decisions can lead to regret, though, so we talked about why patiently…
Please join us on Thursday, July 21st, at 7:30 PM ET/6:30 PM CT/5:30 PM/MT/4:30 PM PT for Financial Sense¢, our monthly public Zoom chat. If you made it to last month’s call you learned how to attend an ACB or NFB convention on a budget. Conventions are chaotic, though, so this month we’ll be talking…
Minneapolis, MN – At a time of rising interest rates and economic uncertainty for millions of Americans, a Minnesota-based non-profit corporation, Penny Forward Inc, has expanded their innovative online financial education platform to include a brand-new online course designed to provide an introduction to credit reports to more than seven million Americans who are blind…
If the topic of investing seems incredibly daunting, or your first thought upon hearing the word “investing” is, “I could never do that!” You are most definitely not alone. Additionally, while our inclination when our elders tell us things may be to not listen to them, much wisdom and invaluable life lessons can come from…