Getting Organized
Managing Your Finances
Preparing Your income Tax
Family Relationships
Your Health Care
Life & Disability Insurance
Planning Your Future
Planning Your Child's Future
Resources/ Conclusions
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Main Menu
Welcome
Top Menu
Getting Organized
Managing Your Finances
Preparing Your income Tax
Family Relationships
Your Health Care
Life & Disability Insurance
Planning Your Future
Planning Your Child's Future
Resources/ Conclusions
Getting Organized
Organizing Your Thoughts
Organizing Your Thoughts: Perspectives
Make Good Decisions
Some Facts a Parent Should Know
Organizing Your Game Plan
Organizing Your Paperwork
Organizing Your Paperwork
Keep Your Records in One Place
Record Keeping Tasks
Why Record Keeping Can Help
Why Record Keeping Can Help, Part 2
Managing Your Finances
Make a Spending Plan
Make a Spending Plan
Step 1: List Your Income
Step 2: List Your Expenses
Step 3: Calculate your Cash Flow
Step 4: Find Resources and Make Changes
Track Your Spending Leaks
Set S.M.A.R.T. Financial Goals
Credit - What You Need to Know
Credit — What You Need to Know
What is Credit?
Get and Read Your Credit Report
What Does My Credit Score Mean
How Do I Improve My Credit Score?
I Want to Shop Around for a Credit Card
Transferring Credit Card Balances
Fees Associated with Credit Cards
The Credit CARD act of 2009
Managing Your Debt
Manage Your Debt
I’m Completely Overwhelmed with Debt
What Are Some Things I Can Do On My Own to Reduce Debt?
About Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, and Repossession
About Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, and Repossession Part 2
Protect Your Identity
Protect Your Identity
What Do Identity Thieves Do?
Types of Personal Information Identity Thieves Steal
How Thieves Steal Personal Information
How Do I Avoid Identity Theft?
What Should I Do if I Think My Identity Has Been Stolen?
Preparing Your income Tax
Tax Credits
Tax Deductions
Tax Income Preparation - VITA
Family Relationships
Keeping the Peace
Your Health Care
Your Medical Coverage
Your Medical Coverage
Your Summary of Benefits and Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
Types of Employer-Provided and Private Insurance Health Care Plans
Your Medical Coverage—What You Need to Know
Making Your Policy Work for Your Child
How Free Are Parents to Change Jobs?
Government Health Care Assistance Programs
Government Health Care Assistance Programs
Types of Health Care Assistance Programs, Part 1
Types of Health Care Assistance Programs, Part 2 - Medicaid
Types of Health Care Assistance Programs, Part 3 - Medicaid, continued
Types of Health Care Assistance Programs, Part 4
The Issue of Medical Privacy
Life and Disability Insurance
Your Life Insurance
Your Life Insurance
The Role Life Insurance Plays
Calculate Your Life Insurance Needs
Life Insurance and Your Social Security Benefits
Your Disability Insurance
Your Disability Insurance
Sources of Disability Insurance
Planning Your Future
Types of Retirement and Savings
Types of Retirement and Savings Programs
Social Security
Employer Plans, Part 1
Employer Plans, Part 2
Profit-Sharing Plans
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)—Self-Funded Retirement Plans
Personal Investments and Savings
Your Long-Term Care
Estate Planning for Your Family
Estate Planning for Your Family
The Two Basic Categories of Assets
Why Estate Planning is So Important
What You Do When you Make an Estate Plan, Part 1
What You Do When you Make an Estate Plan, Part 2
What You Do When you Make an Estate Plan, Part 3
Planning Your Child's Future
Person-Centered Planning
Saving for Your Child's Future Needs: Part1
Saving for Your Child's Future Needs: Part2
Conservatorship (Guardianship)
Your Child's Education
Your Child’s Education—A Life of Learning
Your Child’s Education and the Law
Planning and Funding Your Child’s Education—Elementary and Secondary School
Planning and Funding Your Child’s Education—Elementary and Secondary School Part 2
Planning and Funding Your Child’s Education—Elementary and Secondary School Part 3
Planning and Funding Your Child’s Education—Elementary and Secondary School Part 4
Planning and Funding Your Child’s Education—Post-Secondary Schools Part 1
Planning and Funding Your Child’s Education—Post-Secondary Schools Part 2
Planning and Funding Your Child’s Education—Post-Secondary Schools Part 3
Your Child's Employment
Your Child’s Employment—A Growing List of Options and Support
Prepare Your Child for Employment
Where Workers with Disabilities Look for Jobs
Your Child's Home
Your Child’s Home—Options for Independent Living
Federal Programs—Public Housing and Housing Vouchers
State Programs—Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
Your Child’s Housing Rights—The Fair Housing Act
Resources Conclusions
Resources
Introduction to Resources
Assistive Technology & Covering “Associated” Costs
Comprehensive Information/Referral Centers
Consumer Protection
Education
Employment
Financial Education
Find a Financial Planner
Find a Lawyer
Guardianship
Healthcare Information, Programs, and Resources
Laws
Mortgages and Foreclosure
Parent Organizations
Your Rights as a Caregiver
Tax
Acknowledgments
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