Missouri State Treasurer visits Hannibal’s Skills Development Inc.

HANNIBAL (WGEM) - Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek was in Hannibal on Nov. 12 visiting Skills Development Inc. Skills Development Inc. is an organization that helps adults with intellectual disabilities develop life skills and live more independently. During his visit, Malek highlighted the MO ABLE program, which helps individuals with disabilities save and invest. Malek said the MO ABLE program has grown in the last three years. He said it now has double the number of accounts it had in 2023. While visiting Skills Development, Malek also got to meet with some of the individuals with disabilities there. He told WGEM News that talking with people and helping them take advantage of available resources is an important part of his job. “I find it thrilling and exciting to come out and talk to people,” Malek said. “Find out what’s going on. Get the pulse of the communities, get the pulse of the city, get the pulse of people. What they’re thinking, are we doing good or not?

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