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What can The Abilities Fund
Do for Your Agency?
Services provided by The Abilities Fund to rehabilitation programs and professionals include:
Customized Training
The Abilities Fund believes in business ownership and wants to help you effectively facilitate self employment outcomes. One way to accomplish this goal is through on-site training that is catered to your needs and covers a multitude of topics related to entrepreneurship for your clients.
Policy Review and Development
Having revised and developed policy in a number of states, The Abilities Fund can work with your state to create a policy that is geared towards facilitating informed choices, accessing proper service providers and establishing a framework for business funding that meets the needs of your state and budget.
Partnering with Local Service Providers
The Abilities Fund can help you identify and cultivate relationships with local and/or statewide microenterprise development organizations. Utilizing the Feasibility First framework and augmented with disability specific training, The Abilities Fund can enhance the existing services of the partner organization and work with you to develop an efficient and effective service delivery system.
Business Plan and Funding Assistance
The Abilities Fund is your link to information necessary to properly assist your clients in making informed choices about the business planning process. On a client specific basis, we can assist in developing their business plan or are available to review your client's completed business plans and provide recommendations. The Abilities Fund can also help entrepreneurs access the necessary capital required to launch their ventures because we believe VR should not be responsible for funding 100% of business costs.
Informed Choices(c)
Informed Choices is a data collection tool designed to assist rehabilitation counselors with self employment outcomes. Information critical to the business planning process is capture via Informed Choices and it provides a snapshot of the clients business concept, benefits structure, and financial situation. Furthermore, it allows the client to organize his/her thoughts in a structured yet not overly intensive manner.
For more information about our services or to schedule a training
event at your office, please email Patti Lind, Executive Director.
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