Resources

Oregon ABLE Savings Plan Basics

Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read introduces the Oregon ABLE Savings Plan with a basic primer.

The Oregon ABLE Savings Plan is brought to you by the Oregon State Treasury. The state-based program was established to enable people with disabilities and their families to achieve financial security without losing their critical means-tested benefits.

Artist Saves for Own Home Using Oregon ABLE Account

Marie Blanchard, a ceramic artist who sells her work on Etsy, thinks people should open an Oregon ABLE Savings Plan account because it helps them save money for their bigger dreams. Marie has been using her Oregon ABLE account to buy into a community built around the needs of people with disabilities.

You can check out Marie's work at www.etsy.com/shop/Butterflyheart44

Invaluable: How to Start Work and Keep Your Benefits

Want to start work but worry about what that would do to your benefits? Josh Goller, with Vocational Rehabilitation's Work Incentive Network, will share tips, tricks and resources to help you start working while keeping those benefits. There are lots of resources and programs out there to help. Let's figure out which ones are right for you!

This webinar is part of Oregon ABLE’s new Invaluable webinar series, where we learn how to the get most out of our money. Each month, we have an expert join us to talk about a different financial topic. We’ll cover everything from budgeting, to building credit, to how you can start working without losing your benefits.

Best yet, this series is specifically designed for people with disabilities. We want to make sure our conversations fit in with the reality of your life. We’ll let you know if those on benefits need to consider certain things, or if there’s a related resource you might not know about.

ABLE helps family save for daughter's future

Reza Salehiamin talks about how the Oregon ABLE Savings Plan gives his family peace of mind that they can help Ava, his daughter, build a financially secure future.