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  1. Some States Open College Savings Accounts for Every Newborn

    November 29, 2022
  2. How Saint Paul is Improving the Economic Mobility and Security of Families

    November 2, 2022
  3. Mayor Melvin Carter Remarks on "In The Bubble"

    October 3, 2022
  4. Washtenaw County looks to plant seeds for college with children’s savings accounts

    August 17, 2022
  5. A Safety Net of Income Supports Won’t End Financial Insecurity Alone. Addressing Wealth Gaps Is Just as Important.

    July 27, 2022
  6. St. Paul’s next basic income experiment: $12,000 cash plus money for college

    July 1, 2022
  7. Los Angeles is the latest city to give young kids money to save for college

    April 26, 2022
  8. Can $50 change a child’s life? Los Angeles tests universal college savings account

    April 4, 2022
  9. The Real Hope of an Early Scholarship

    February 16, 2022
  10. Cash Support for Low-Income Families Impacts Infant Brain Activity

    January 26, 2022
  11. Programs aim to help teach youth about building wealth

    November 16, 2021
  12. Giving Children Something to Live For

    October 13, 2021
  13. Seeding Accounts for Kindergartners and Hoping to Grow College Graduates

    October 11, 2021
  14. Can you change a kid's life with $25? Fund My Future Milwaukee thinks so.

    September 30, 2021
  15. Kids need education to succeed. Wisconsin needs skilled workers for the future. Could a children's savings program be the answer?

    September 29, 2021
  16. 2021's States with the Most and Least Student Debt

    August 25, 2021
  17. ‘The language of consumer debt is rife with moral undertones’

    July 9, 2021
  18. How California college savings accounts sow the seeds of higher learning at a young age

    May 20, 2021
  19. College Accounts at Birth: State Efforts Raise New Hopes

    April 27, 2021
  20. How Baby Bonds Could Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap

    January 18, 2021
  21. The Toll of Student Debt Goes Beyond Failing to Build Wealth

    October 21, 2019
  22. Imagining CSAs as a Tool for Combating Wealth Inequality

    February 12, 2018

    Research from a new report released this week from the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion (AEDI) at...

  23. Why children’s savings accounts should be America’s next wealth transfer program

    February 12, 2018

    At a time of great wealth inequality and dramatically unequal chancesbetween the rich and the poor of getting a...

  24. Dr Terri Friedline, Why children’s savings accounts should be America’s next wealth transfer program

    February 6, 2018

    Dr. Terri Friedline is AEDI Faculty Director for Financial Inclusion and Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. In August, Dr. Friedline had a piece published in Huffington Post. Title, 

  25. Straight Talk MD with Frank Sweeny

    October 31, 2017

    College tuition has become unaffordable to many highly qualified students from middle and low income families. 7 out of 10 college students today must take out loans to pay for college. For those who choose to take on these loans, it means crushing debt that will threaten their future financial...