{"id":4770,"date":"2021-10-29T10:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:23:08","slug":"u-s-department-of-labor-announces-new-online-dialogue-to-advance-financial-equity-for-people-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4770","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Online Dialogue to Advance Financial Equity for People with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently created a <a href=\"https:\/\/econsys.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=29aa515bd6e4d1a3e196930b4&amp;id=dfbde23b7b&amp;e=191c27d0d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/econsys.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D29aa515bd6e4d1a3e196930b4%26id%3Ddfbde23b7b%26e%3D191c27d0d4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635532593741000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHp_Ppb64B62WBktb1HVOBg4C2NUQ\">financial toolkit<\/a>&nbsp;to help people with disabilities make better informed economic decisions throughout their careers. To gather feedback and suggestions on the best ways to improve the toolkit, DOL invites you to join a national online dialogue,<a href=\"https:\/\/econsys.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=29aa515bd6e4d1a3e196930b4&amp;id=bb6a33f6b8&amp;e=191c27d0d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/econsys.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D29aa515bd6e4d1a3e196930b4%26id%3Dbb6a33f6b8%26e%3D191c27d0d4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635532593741000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEe-KZ94DrbAReABsCLjU_ZCZ3C7Q\">&nbsp;\u201c<strong>Advancing Financial Equity for Individuals with Disabilities<\/strong>,&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;now through November 8.<br>&nbsp;<br>This virtual conversation will&nbsp;inform future content enhancements to the Financial Toolkit and help DOL create equitable opportunities for employment and financial empowerment for people with disabilities.&nbsp;All ideas are welcome, but we are specifically looking for input to identify:<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New information and resources to include in the toolkit<\/li>\n<li>Ways to address underserved and marginalized populations<\/li>\n<li>Employment-related financial questions and related resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/econsys.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=29aa515bd6e4d1a3e196930b4&amp;id=77e0c4c322&amp;e=191c27d0d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/econsys.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D29aa515bd6e4d1a3e196930b4%26id%3D77e0c4c322%26e%3D191c27d0d4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635532593741000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTo2Yj8TgUgGYpBvsPiCJOB9h8WQ\"><strong>Visit the online dialogue<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;now through&nbsp;<strong>November 8<\/strong>&nbsp;to submit your ideas, comment and vote on ideas submitted by others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4770\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently created a financial toolkit&nbsp;to help people with disabilities make better informed economic decisions throughout their careers. To gather feedback and suggestions on the best ways to improve the toolkit, DOL invites you to join a national online dialogue,&nbsp;\u201cAdvancing Financial Equity for Individuals with Disabilities,&#8221;&nbsp;now through November 8.&nbsp;This virtual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4771,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions\/4771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}