This video from the ABLE National Resource Center provides very straightforward descriptions and explanations of the type of expenses that ABLE funds can be used for. The ABLE...Read more
This video from the ABLE National Resource Center provides very straightforward descriptions and explanations of the type of expenses that ABLE funds can be used for. The ABLE...Read more
A five minute video by Norman Kunc and Emma Vanderklift that uses words and music to highlight important concepts to remember when supporting people with disabilities. Excellent training...Read more
Insight Brief #12 discusses the history of the development of postsecondary options for students with ID, as well as future implications....Read more
Think College Fast Fact #28 describes the ABLE Act passed in 2014, and explains that through the passage of this Act, people with disabilities have the opportunity to open tax-advantaged savings...Read more
Guidance provided by the US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, for the completion of the electronic application to participate in federal student aid, which is the process used to...Read more
Passed and signed into law, May 2021. The legislation establishes that any student in an approved comprehensive transition program (CTP) whose parent is a veteran with a disability (or deceased) will receive equal educational benefits to students with similar parentage who are enrolled in traditional 4-year college and university degree programs....Read more
Lindsay Wertenberger from Federal Student Aid at the U.S. Department of Education explains the process for applying to become a CTP program in the webinar recorded in January 2020.
MIHEC Community of Practice Gathering: A Guide to the Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) Program Designation (recorded November 14, 2023)
This session opened with a brief...Read more
This bill died in Senate Committee at adjournment in October, 2021. The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship is the state’s flagship public scholarship program, and the bill would make CTP students eligible to receive a funding award....Read more
This legislation, passed in March 2022, provides $2,000,000 for the Governor’s Higher Education Transition Scholarship Program, to assist students accepted into transitional programs for students...Read more