NYAPRS Financial Literacy forum
Finding Hidden Treasure:
MAP Your Way to Financial Wellness
With News about U.S. Dept. of Treasury Disability Benefit Payments
Finding Hidden Treasure: MAP Your Way to Financial Wellness is a fun, interactive 3-hour financial literacy workshop for people with psychiatric disabilities who receive SSI, SSDI, or VA benefits, and their family members/supporters/ and for peer support providers / program staff.
People with psychiatric disabilities often find life dreams (treasures) hidden below the poverty line by limited options for earning or saving while on benefits. Available work and saving plans like 1619a, PASS, PESS, EITC, CTC, 301 Voc Rehab, IRWEs, IDAs, 1619b, and Medicaid Buy-in are presented as options to increase earnings and savings toward greater financial wellness — and greater hope for achieving hidden treasures. A step-by-step MAP (make a plan) is created for further action.
The workshop includes news about the U.S. Dept. of Treasury transition from paper checks to electronic methods of payment for all federal benefits in 2013. Because multiple fees can be associated with accessing funds through electronic payment methods, this forum provides financial literacy education designed for those with psychiatric disabilities (and their supporters) to understand different electronic payment options to help avoid costly fees.
Upcoming Date/Location
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22nd: 10AM-2PM
Central New York – Binghamton:
(Greater Binghamton Health Center, 425 Robinson Street, Binghamton, NY 13904)
—– Central NY Satellite Locations—–
- Central NY Field Office, 545 Cedar Street, Room 204 Syracuse NY, 13210
- St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Classroom 1, Trinity Building,
1 Chimney Point Drive, Ogdensburg, NY 13669
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Or call Courtney Powers at 518.436.0008 or courtneyp@nyaprs.org
More Dates/Locations Follow
Other Dates / Locations
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23rd: 10 AM – 2 PM
Western New York – Rochester:
(Cornell Cooperative Extension, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29th: 10 AM – 2 PM
Hudson River Region – Albany:
(Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30th: 10 AM-2 PM
New York City – Brooklyn:
(Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31st: 10 AM – 2 PM
Long Island – Amityville:
(South Oaks Hospital Chapel, 400 Sunrise Highway, Amityville, New York 11701)
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Agenda/Program
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Welcome / Overview
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM What Do You Treasure?
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM The Financial Domain of Wellness
10:45 AM – 11:00 PM Taking Inventory of Your Financial Wellness
11:00 PM – 11:30 PM Ways to Increase Financial Wellness
11:30 PM – 11:45 PM Break
11:45 PM – 12:15 PM Planning for Financial Wellness
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Creating Your Treasure Map to Financial Wellness
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Go Direct® and DirectExpress® Demo
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Questions and Answers/Wrap up
— End of Workshop —
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Optional Brown Bag Lunch/n/Learn:
Orientation to WE CAN SAVE Toolkit and Guides
(Geared for Providers and Peer Facilitators-All are Welcome)
Facilitator: Rita Cronise, consultant
We Can Save Campaign Coordinator
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Do you want more information?
Contact Kelly Stengel at kellys@nyaprs.org
We Can Work / We Can Save is a campaign of the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) (www.nyaprs.org)
Sponsored by the New York State Office of Mental Health