{"id":23798,"date":"2024-07-15T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=23798"},"modified":"2024-07-15T13:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:21:46","slug":"sen-ossoff-pushing-to-strengthen-support-for-georgians-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-pushing-to-strengthen-support-for-georgians-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Pushing to Strengthen Support for Georgians with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to improve quality of life for Georgians with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Sen. Ossoff launched a push to pass the Ensuring Nationwide Access to a Better Life Experience (ENABLE) Act<\/em>, legislation he co-sponsored alongside Senators Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Bob Casey (D-PA) to extend tax benefits for people with disabilities and help them save for future expenses. The expanded tax benefits are currently scheduled to expire next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bipartisan bill would allow people with disabilities who contribute to Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts to continue qualifying for a nonrefundable saver\u2019s tax credit of up to $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABLE accounts are a tax-favored savings program established in 2014 for individuals with disabilities to help save for a series of expenses, including education, housing, transportation, assistive technology and personal support services, health care, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill would also increase the amount employed individuals with disabilities can contribute to these accounts and allow the tax-free rollover of funds to these accounts from 529 plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am working to bring Republicans and Democrats together to help improve the lives of Georgians with disabilities,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to data from the CDC<\/a>, around one in three Georgians have a disability and 32 percent of the state\u2019s health care spending is associated with disability expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a recent report<\/a> by the National Association of State Treasurers, there are 158,421 ABLE accounts open nationwide with an average savings of $9,788.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to support Georgians with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, Sens. Ossoff and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced<\/a> the bipartisan Think Differently Database Act<\/em>, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to build a comprehensive website that provides information and resources available to Georgians with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, Sen. Ossoff held a press conference in Decatur to brief Georgia veterans and small business owners on his bipartisan Investing in VETS Act<\/em>, which was signed into law<\/a> as part of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act <\/em>to increase opportunities for service-disabled veteran small business owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read the Ensuring Nationwide Access to a Better Life Experience (ENABLE) Act.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to improve quality of life for Georgians with disabilities. This week, Sen. Ossoff launched a push to pass the Ensuring Nationwide Access to a Better Life Experience (ENABLE) Act, legislation he co-sponsored alongside Senators Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Bob Casey (D-PA) to extend tax benefits for people with […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23798","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23800,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23798\/revisions\/23800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}