On April 15, 2021, the Aspen Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings is kicking off its fifth convening with a free, public dialogue on how retirement savings must be part of an equitable recovery from COVID-19.

Aspen FSP invites you to join us for a special conversation with author and law professor Dorothy A. Brown to celebrate the launch of her new book.

Part two in a two-part event series on how technologies could change our retirement savings system -- and how this transformation could lead to greater access, portability, security, and equity.

Part one in a two-part event series on how technologies could change our retirement savings system -- and how this transformation could lead to greater access, portability, security, and equity.

80% of local jail phone calls were paid for by incarcerated people’s loved ones, primarily low-income women of color. The consequences of these charges extend far beyond incarcerated people, stripping the savings and resources of entire families.

FSP developed a guidebook of solutions for all housing stakeholders– prioritizing examples that have worked from communities around the country.

A vision for what business, government, philanthropic leaders must do for the next five years.

Researchers and practitioners look at how short-term savings work and don’t work, with a particular eye to whether and how savings for low-income households can be boosted.

Join us as we review findings and discuss how a new vision for household financial resilience will be integral to economic recovery.

An interactive webinar about what state policymakers can do to address the growing number of debt cases in state courts.

What should our priorities be as we triage, recover, and build long-term financial stability for the hundreds of millions of families across America that need it?

How can we build inclusive, flexible, and resilient retirement options that improve the future of financial security for all Americans?

Aspen FSP will host a private refinery to design and coordinate strategies that leverage technological developments around debt collection processes.

A private, two-day convening aimed at identifying solutions to the impact of court fines and fees.

Ida Rademacher is leading the, "How to Turn Philanthropic Equity into an Asset Class" workshop to discuss how we attract, grant, invest, and price equity.

Managing Director Joanna Smith-Ramani and Program Fellow Kiese Hansen will lead a teleconference so participants can learn more about what mayors are doing to prevent vicious cascades of harm and develop solutions to boost household financial security.

Rising housing costs and instability undermine households’ financial security. Register for Aspen EPIC's event & learn more.

Sheida Elmi joined the DCWP's Office of Financial Empowerment for their Enhancing Workers' Financial Security convening.

FSP hosted an invitation only roundtable discussion on January 22nd with thought leaders across the dependent care spectrum to discuss Dependent Care as an Emerging Financial Security Challenge

Sheida Elmi joined Asset Funders Network's webinar to address client engagement and retention.

The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program's Senior Policy Manger Tim Shaw presented at Funding Our Future's Smart Money Retirement Expo.

FSP's Senior Policy Manager Tim Shaw facilitated the closing "implementation" session for the National Association of Counties Economic Mobility Leaders Network Meeting

Executive Director Ida Rademacher presented at AFCPE's Research and Training Symposium on inclusive growth: the backbone of American prosperity.

FSP's Director of Insights and Evidence Genevieve Melford joined CFPB's Financial Well-Being Research Conference to moderate the "How Does Financial Well-Being Change Over Time?" panel. 

On October 29th, Managing Director Joanna Smith-Ramani joined the Sycamore Institute for a meaningful dialogue about what state policymakers can do to address medical debt in Tennessee.

The Aspen Financial Security Program's Director of Insights and Evidence Genevieve Melford joined New American's The Millennials Initiative for an extended discussion of generational wealth and financial health, components of the Millennial balance sheet, and implications for social policy.

This non-partisan event gathered senior leaders and stakeholders from the public, private and independent sectors with the goal of spurring greater attention and leadership commitment to tackling government-imposed fines and fees.

This private, non-partisan event explored critical issues facing America’s retirement system and innovative solutions in the U.S. and across the globe, and featured a fireside chat with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE).

da Rademacher joined Fintech Week 2019 for the Fintech and Financial Inclusion panel.

Aspen FSP's Executive Director Ida Rademacher moderated the Money Matters: Democratizing Finance to Unleash Productivity panel at the Global Inclusive Growth Summit.

The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program and Debt+Dignity hosted this free and public event exploring the student loan crisis.

Managing Director Joanna Smith-Ramani discussed the lack of emergency savings for working families around the country and how policymakers, researchers and advocates can push for policy solutions to help fill this void.

Research Manager Sheida Elmi joined the "Boosting Short-term Financial Stability: A Perspective from the Field" panel to discuss our consumer insights work.

September 26, 2019 Genevieve Melford, Director of our Insights and Evidence team, will join this webinar to discuss short term stability and its connection to emergency savings.

This private webinar for private sector leaders will explore the important intersection of financial security and health.

September 23-24, 2019 This EPIC convening on housing affordability and stability will bring together a group of cross-sector experts from affordable and subsidized housing, market-rate housing, landlord/tenant law, asset builders, and others working in housing and financial security.

Tune in for a live webcast as we share new data to understand borrower’s experiences, explore cross-sector solutions that could better support existing borrowers, and, importantly, consider critical reforms to improve the system moving forward.

September 12, 2019 Karen Biddle Andres to moderate the session on policy perspectives on longevity, aging and retirement readiness. This panel will include Steve Goss, Lori Lucas, and Angela M. Antonelli.

September 12, 2019 Joanna Smith-Ramani will join the Women at the Forefront of Making Cities “Smart” panel at the Smarty City Expo in Atlanta, GA. Here she will discuss the intersection of tech and venture.

September 9, 2019 Ida Rademacher to be featured at Boston Fintech's "Mission Impossible: Nonprofits Leading Fintech Innovation" panel with Tim Flacke, Justine Zinkin, and Mae Watson Grote.

This event will bring together asset owners, academics, policy-makers and selected industry representatives to discuss the major issues facing DC systems globally.

This is the second Refinery meeting on portable non-employer retirement benefits, which will prototype a new kind of ideation process that will help catalyze action on policy, product, and institutional innovations that will greatly enhance vulnerable Americans’ financial security.

There is a need for both new ideas and deeper investigation of existing practices in order to design a 21st century social safety net that delivers financial security for working families.

The Financial Security Program explored the connection between health and wealth at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Join Bipartisan Policy Center and the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program as we explore solutions that could better-support existing borrowers, as well as reforms to improve the system moving forward.

Join Hooks Book Events, A Wider Circle, Leadership Greater Washington, and the Aspen Financial Security Program for a moderated conversation with Frederick Wherry as he investigates the history of racial wealth inequality in the U.S.

On Thursday, April 25th, the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program will host a public lunchtime event to release the Consumer Insights Collaborative report.

Join us to learn why child support does not go where it's needed most.

Panelists discuss parallels and potential lessons across the three retirement systems.

This convening provides the space to grapple with the issues that have prevented our country from building the inclusive, adequate private savings system necessary to achieve retirement security for all.

Our Consumer Debt Solutions Framework launch event, which identified seven specific consumer debt problems – all amenable to solutions – that result in financial insecurity and damage well-being.

A conference to explore the challenges and opportunities at this intersection of the FinTech and inclusive financial systems.

Debt-Financed Homeownership: Is It Worth the Risk? What Is Its Future? will address timely and critical questions about homeownership