Vision

To provide quality, expert, client-centered services to Iowans with disabilities that embrace diversity, promote successful business ownership and result in self-sufficiency and economic development.

• ISE Brochure

Self-Employment Process

• ISE Business Guide (PDF Document)
  
• ISE Process Cheat Sheet
  
  Forms
• Can I really afford to do this?
• Client Financial Implementation Form (Excel Document)
• Credit Report Instructions (Word Document)
• Credit Report Mail-In Form (PDF)
• Documentation of Client Match Items
• Exception Request Form (Word Document)
• Income Offset Disclosure Form (Word Document)
• Personal Financial Statement Form (Excel Document)
• Personal Budget Form (Excel Document)
• Statement of Understanding - Publicity Release (Word Document)
• Ticket to Work - Self-Employment Income Form (Excel Document)
  
  
  Additional Resources
• Vehicle Criteria for Financial Assistance (Word Document)
• Balance Sheet Sample (Excel Document)
• Business Plan Template (Sample from SBA)
• Business Plan Template (Sample from SCORE)
• Guide: What a Business Plan Should Include (Word Document)
• Cash Flow Worksheet (Excel Document)
• Profit and Loss Statement Sample (Excel Document)
• Independent Contractor (IC) or Employee (Word Document)
• IC or Employee: Common Law Rules for Classifying (Word Document)
• Self-Employment Service Line codes Defined (for IRSS Authorization)
• Tax Exempt Letter for Vendors

Success Stories

• ISE ranks No. 8 in the nation for successful self-employment (Read the report from the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation: An analysis of self-employment outcomes within the Federal/State Vocational Rehabilitation System.)
• View ISE Success Stories