Online Seminar
Veterans with Disabilities and Self-Employment
by Urban Miyares
Urban Miyares is a blinded Vietnam veteran, and an entrepreneur for the past 40 years. In this seminar, Urban discusses what the veteran needs to know and understand in the transition from the military lifestyle to that of a business owner with a disability. Listen to the seminar
START-UP News
START-UP/New York launches its new website! The new website includes resources and links to learning opportunities. Start-Up NY helps people with diverse disabilities gain access to business development resources to grow successful business ventures.
Visit the new Start-Up NY website
Factsheets
Self-Employment Q and A: Medicaid Home and Community Based Services
Medicaid is a state-federal program that provides health care to eligible low income individuals. When states participate in Medicaid, the state contributes part of the funding, and the federal government contributes part. The federal government provides guidelines for the program, but each state establishes its own requirements. In addition, states can elect to provide “optional” services. The specific services that are available and whether a person with a disability is eligible for these services is state specific and will vary depending on where an individual lives in the United States.
Case Study
START-UP/Florida Case Study: Monllor Rods, LLC
Ren Monllor connected with START-UP/Florida when the Small Business Development Center suggested that he attend a training session on self-employment for individuals with disabilities. The training was sponsored by START-UP/Florida and START-UP/USA and was offered at the One-Stop Career Center in Lakeland, FL. Mr. Monllor wanted to start his own small business, but he didn’t know if it was possible. After listening to Cary Griffin and talking with him about his passions and talents, Mr. Monllor realized that he could pursue selling handmade bamboo fly rods.
David Cox
A Conversation with a START-UP / USA Entrepreneur, David Cox
David owns Total Outdoorsman, LLC. His small business fulfills many of his personal and professional interests in outdoor sporting goods. As a business owner with a complex physical disability, business ownership provides flexibility to continue to expand his creativity and inventiveness.
Read the conversation with David about his advice for starting a business.
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News from Washington
Congressional Record - SENATE
April 28, 2008, pp. S3438 - S3439
CONGRATULATING KEVIN WEBB
Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I wish
to congratulate Mr. Kevin Webb of
Glasgow, KY. Mr. Webb was recently
chosen to be one of eight speakers at
the first ever Ticket to Work Partners
Summit held in Louisville, KY.
In March 2008 the Social Security Administration
launched the Ticket to
Work Partners Summit to bring together
over 400 of Social Security’s
partners who actively engage Social
Security disability beneficiaries in
work through the Ticket to Work Program.
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