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.…
The following blog post was written by Penny Forward founder Chris Peterson and originally published by the ABLE National Resource Center. Click here to read the original post. As I was transitioning from high school to college in 1996, my parents and teachers strongly advised me to apply for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, to…
Watch this ABLE National Resource Center webinar to hear directly from ABLE account owners, including Penny Forward founder Chris Peterson, who will share their experience opening an ABLE account, why they knew ABLE was right for them, and how easy it was to get started. Learn from experienced account holders the significant opportunity for increased…
Tonight we talked about how to find extra money to save and invest. Investing can be a powerful tool for growing our savings, and having enough saved can give us peace of mind when something suddenly comes up. What do you do, though, if you don’t have any money left over to save? We’ll discuss…
Thank you for your patience while Penny Forward Podcast editor Byron Lee took time to grieve the loss of his mother. We’ll be returning with new episodes on July26th. Until then, please enjoy this rerelease of our interview with Gina Marie Applebee. Gina has a B.S. in geology, an M.S. in marine geo physics, an…
Chris: Welcome to “Target Your Goals,” a podcast by Penny Forward. Penny Forward is a community of people who are blind, their family, and friends who share a common interest in financial independence. Join us, via our Facebook group, and we will work together to avoid financial obstacles and target our goals. The purpose of…
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…