TACE Presenter

Elizabeth Jennings
National Disability Institute & Burton Blatt Institute

Elizabeth Jennings is an associate with National Disability Institute in Washington, DC and the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University. Jennings is a national consultant on asset development strategies for persons with disabilities and the building of expanded relationships between the disability and asset building communities. Her varied experience includes spearheading an Asset Development initiative in Florida, creating collaborative agreements, building partnerships, executing grant allocations, providing technical assistance on Federal disability policy and assisting individuals in understanding the effect of work on Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare benefits.

Jennings currently works on asset building strategies for individuals with disabilities throughout the State of New York, provides training on the impact of work on Social Security benefits and provides technical assistance to partners across the country on economic empowerment for individuals with disabilities and on federal disability policy. Jennings has a bachelor’s of art in sociology and minors in black studies and women’s studies from Florida State University.

Presentations

• An Overview of Asset Development
  ** First session in the Asset Building Series .

• Making Work Pay
  ** Third sessions in the Asset Building Series .