Please join us as we welcome ABLE National Resource Center (ABLE NRC) for an overview of ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts for people with disabilities. This presentation will cover what ABLE accounts are and the benefits of using one, highlight resources from the national #ABLEtoSave campaign, and walk through the many helpful resources and tools designed with the input of ABLE account owners and their family members available on the ABLE NRC website (ablenrc.org). The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions will also provide brief Federal and State legislative updates on ABLE plans.

Presenter: Miranda Kennedy, M.P.P., Director of the ABLE National Resource Center
National Disability Institute
Miranda Kennedy has been with the National Disability Institute since 2006. Miranda began her career in Colorado where she worked at both the local and state level focusing on disability employment. At the national level, Miranda played a lead role with U.S. Department of Labor’s Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) increasing integrated, competitive employment outcomes for people with disabilities. In 2018, Miranda came on board as Director of NDI’s ABLE National Resource Center, (ABLE NRC), where she and her team of ABLE experts work with the country’s most influential national disability organizations to build awareness around how ABLE accounts can help meet the needs of millions of individuals with disabilities.