Patrick B. McGuigan, The Metropolis Sentinel
For greater than a yr, Ellyn Novak Hefner guided The Metropolis Sentinel newspaper’s protection of Oklahoma’s STABLE (Reaching a Higher Life Expertise) program. STABLE accounts had been already an exquisite mechanism for the help of particular wants kids, younger adults, and their households. This spring, the Legislature authorized and Governor Stitt signed a measure making the STABLE accounts have equal tax advantages to an Oklahoma faculty financial savings account … offering another excuse for Oklahomans with disabilities to save lots of.
I beforehand reported on and applauded this essential reform. I’m appreciative of the management Ellyn offered for this trigger – together with her indispensable position in our protection and development of this worthy trigger.
Extra on Ellyn Novak Hefner: She is the Chartered Particular Wants Marketing consultant (ChSNC) and a monetary skilled with Arogos Monetary advisors. She helps households with entry to info, specialists, monetary services and products that may assist enhance the standard of life for folks with disabilities and particular wants. Ellyn serves on the Day by day Dwelling Middle board and as a board member for the Santa Fe Household Life Middle in Oklahoma Metropolis. She is the past-president of the Nationwide Non-profit group, Sotos Syndrome Help Affiliation. She is an envoy for the ABLE account within the state of Oklahoma, OKSTABLE. Ellyn lives in Oklahoma Metropolis and is the proud mother of three kids.
Word: This story is featured within the July 2023 print version of The Metropolis Sentinel, an impartial, non-partisan and locally-owned newspaper based mostly in Oklahoma Metropolis.
