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NCD-23-01: NCD Progress Report 2023: Income and Assets Limitations Imposed by the Federal Government on People with Disabilities: A Way Forward

Closed Closed November 4, 2022 Opportunity NCD-23-01 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$150,000
• Award floor$150,000
• Total funding$150,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Background and Statement of Problem The economic health of people with disabilities is, at best, abysmal. They are twice as likely to be unemployed and living in poverty as any other group in America. People with disabilities often face economic barriers that prevent them from realizing a path to self-sufficiency and, unfortunately, sometimes well-meaning government programs, that have not kept up with current disability law and trends, have contributed to this problem. One of the most difficult barriers to economic self-sufficiency for people with disabilities is government-imposed limitations on earnings and assets for a person with disabilities, which if exceeded, triggers a loss or curtailment of a person’s benefits, including critically needed support home and community-based services. The fear of the loss of benefits, which is often referred to as the “income cliff,” causes many people with disabilities to avoid competitive integrated employment and if they are employed in an integrated setting they often work a minimal number of hours to ensure that they do not exceed the earnings limits that would trigger a loss of their benefits. This then means that people with disabilities are unlikely to be eligible for (or if eligible, may forego) any type of promotions, job growth or job security that can lead to greater income and a better potential economic future. Asset and income limitations under certain federal programs – safety net programs – can be a detriment to people with disabilities. Are asset and income limitations saving taxpayer dollars or losing more revenue and economic stimulation for the U.S. economy? How do those limitation advance the attainment of economic security for people with disabilities? Statement of Work NCD’s 2023 Progress Report will determine what reforms to government-imposed income and asset barriers under federal safety net programs are necessary to help achieve economic security for people with disabilities.

Category: Employment, Labor and Training.

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