Tobey Partch-Davies
Project Director
Institute on Disability
- Building financial capability and alleviating poverty for individuals with disabilities. .
- Exploring
- the utility of consumer credit counseling on the financial well-being of this vulnerable group
- the mixed level of commitment nationally that asset building coalitions and disability service organizations have to reduce poverty and build wealth for individuals with disabilities; and,
- the transformative effects of asset ownership on personal autonomy.
- Exploring several new research questions, including: what behavioral economic strategies are effective for optimal financial decision making among low income persons with disabilities, minorities, and aging communities (i.e. financing options, prescription drug programs, short and long term saving savings)?