Building Economic Futures for Americans with Disabilities
Real Economic Impact Tour
REI Tour Mission
The mission of the Real Economic Impact Tour is to channel asset development strategies, financial education and tax filing assistance into self-directed economic security for low-income working Americans with disabilities and their families. The REI Tour brings together over 200 organizations (federal, state and local) public/private partnership to advance this mission. The REI Tour works with local communities to provide workers with disabilities access to mainstream financial and tax services and promote self-determination, economic advancement and social well being.
REI Tour strategies for reaching low-income working individuals with disabilities in over fifty cities include:
- Build sustainable infrastructure in existing free tax coalitions that bring local disability and community-based organizations together to expand capacity to serve more working Americans with disabilities;
- Develop national asset building training and education materials for all stakeholders serving low-income tax filers with disabilities;
- Provide national audio conference series to all stakeholders on issues regarding accessible sites, tax provisions and credits, public benefits, and financial education and services;
- Provide information and access to customers with disabilities about banking services and products; and
- Deliver technical assistance to financial and professional organizations in the field of asset development to expand support to persons with disabilities.