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Family Finances

Is Build Back Better the Start of a Benefits Reset for Workers?

After months of negotiations, the House seems poised to pass the bill by Thanksgiving.

BY Financial Security Program & 2 more

Blog Post

11.15.2021
Family Finances

For Children, Better Data Equals Better Policy

Policymakers evaluating the expanded Child Tax Credit should tap into the trove of in-the-moment data to see the program’s impact and reach.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Blog Post

07.27.2021
Family Finances

A Call to Reimagine Work and Benefits

How must work and benefits be redesigned so that all workers—including those earning low and moderate wages or in nonstandard arrangements and others left out of private benefit systems—can meet their expenses, withstand financial shocks, and save for the future?

BY WorkRise & 1 more

Blog Post

05.10.2021
Family Finances

Summit on the Foundational Role of Liquid Savings

A digital summit to explore the latest research about how savings function, why so many US families have been unable to build them, and what leaders can do to build an inclusive savings system.

Event

04.23.2021
Family Finances

Black Women Leadership and the Future of Financial Security Policy

For ideas grounded in human needs to gain political traction and to provide a safeguard against retrenchment, the interests and influence of people within our nation’s economic margins must be institutionalized within government itself.

BY Rachel Black & 1 more

Blog Post

03.12.2021
Family Finances

The Future of Worker Financial Security

The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program and WorkRise explored our research and held a conversation about building better on-ramps to financial security and economic mobility.

Event

03.08.2021
Family Finances

Surveying SNAP & Fresh EBT Users in the Pandemic

Aspen FSP's interview on understanding how people receiving SNAP have fared over the past year – and exploring the messages that those people have for policymakers.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Blog Post

02.22.2021
Family Finances

The Path to a Better Safety Net

During the pandemic, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and other online platforms have united people in frustration and celebration, and have created a valuable repository of guidance, user complaints and insights, and ideas for policy reform.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

01.21.2021
Family Finances

One-Time Cash Grants & Financial Coaching in a Summer of Uncertainty

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

Event

10.13.2020
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