Welcome to #ABLEtoSave Month 2020! This month-long campaign in August will provide information and resources about the ease, use and significance of ABLE accounts for people with disabilities, a topic made more important now than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its heightened impact on the disability community. And, for the first time, we’ve added an #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt where winners can be entered in a drawing to win ABLE account gift cards. Together, we can increase awareness of ABLE accounts across the nation and expand the number of people with disabilities and their families who benefit from the tax-advantaged savings of ABLE accounts.

The #ABLEtoSave Awareness Campaign is made possible through the generous support of Prudential; the Gift of College; ABLENow; ABLEAmerica; TIAA and CalABLE; and Texas ABLE.

Week #1: The Promise and Future of ABLE Accounts

Sponsored by: Prudential

• Monday, August 3^rd –
  • Podcast: “The Promise and Future of ABLE Accounts” – with Michael Morris, Founder of National Disability Institute
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Tuesday, August 4^th –
  • Microtraining: “The ABLE Act and ABLE Accounts: 10 Things You Should Know”
• Wednesday, August 5^th –
  • Getting Started Roadmap
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Thursday, August 6^th
  • “What ABLE Means to Me” – Blog from ABLE NRC Ambassador Pshon Barrett
• Friday, August 7^th
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt

Week #2 : ABLE Accounts and Social Security Beneficiaries

Sponsored by: TIAA and CalABLE

• Monday, August 10^th
  • Podcast: “ABLE Accounts and Social Security Beneficiaries” – with Betsy Blair, SSA Policy Analyst
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Tuesday, August 11^th
  • Blog: ABLE Accounts: Building on the Promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act: https://www.ablenrc.org/able-accounts-building-upon-the-promise-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act/
  •   “Red Book on Work Incentives” – https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-64-030.pdf
• Wednesday, August 12^th –
  • “What You Need to Know When You Get SSI” – https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-11011.pdf
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Thursday, August 13^th
  • “Understanding SSI” – https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-17-008.pdf 
• Friday, August
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt

Week #3: Perspectives on ABLE Accounts and Special Needs Trusts

Sponsored by: ABLENow and ABLE America

• Monday, August 17^th
  • Podcast: “Perspective on ABLE Accounts and Trusts” – with Stephen Dale and Amy Tessler
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Tuesday, August 18^th
  • Resource: “ABLE, SNT and Pooled Trust Comparison Chart”
• Wednesday, August 19^th
  • Podcast: “Perspective on ABLE from a Parent and Financial Leader” – with Jenny Casselman (ABLE NRC Ambassador)
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Thursday, August 19^th
  • Resource: ABLE FAQs
• Friday, August 20^th
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt

Week #4: ABLE and Employment Success

Sponsored by: Texas ABLE Program

• Monday, August 24^th
  • Podcast: “ABLE Accounts and Employment Success” – with Kathy DeAngelo, DRC and CWIC from CDO Workforce in New York
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Tuesday, August 25^th
  • Resource: “ABLE Employer Toolkit”
• Wednesday, August 26^th
  • Podcast: “Perspective on ABLE from a Working-Age Account Owner and Service Provider” – with Edward Mitchell, (Ambassador Alumni)
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt
• Thursday, August 27^th
  • Resource: ABLE Employer Flyer
• Friday, August 28^th
  • #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt

Join the #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt and Win Money for Your ABLE Account!

Here’s how it works: During #ABLEtoSave Month in August, National Disability Institute, the ABLE National Resource Center and GiftofCollege.com invite you to participate in our first-ever “#ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt.”

Beginning on August 3^rd and continuing every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for four weeks through August 28^th, a question will be posted on the ABLE National Resource Center’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. Use the link on the social media post to provide your answer by 5:00 p.m. ET that day. All the answers to the scavenger hunt questions will be found on the ABLE NRC website: www.ablernrc.org.

Each of the 12 days in August for the #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt, three individuals with winning answers will be selected to win a $50 #ABLEtoSave gift card which can be used to put money in any individual ABLE account in any state ABLE program.

Find the answer to the posted question. Submit your answer to be entered to win in a drawing for a $50 Gift of Independence gift card that can be deposited into an ABLE account. It’s that easy!

To learn more about #ABLEtoSave gift cards and Gift of College gift cards, visit: https://www.ablenrc.org/thegiftofindependence/.

Good luck!

The ABLE National Resource Center (ABLE NRC) would like to thank our #ABLEtoSave Month sponsors: Prudential, TIAA, CalABLE, ABLENow, ABLEAmerica and Texas ABLE.

A special thank you to Gift of College for donating the Gift of Independence gift cards for the #ABLEtoSave Scavenger Hunt.

*Winners are only eligible to win one $50 #ABLEtoSave gift card during the duration of the scavenger hunt. Multiple entries will be disqualified.

**Staff of National Disability Institute, the ABLE National Resource Center and federal agencies are not eligible to win cash gifts.