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Family Finances

Call for National Financial Inclusion Strategy

Dear Secretary Yellen and Deputy Secretary Adeyemo: As the economy emerges from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, we find ourselves at a historic ...

BY Financial Security Program

Of Interest

04.25.2022
Family Finances

Rise and Shine: Improving Retirement and Enhancing Savings

Ida Rademacher, executive director of FSP, recently testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee.

BY Ida Rademacher & 2 more

Blog Post

03.31.2022
Identity and Equity

Centering Black Women in Our Economic Recovery

Racial and gender injustice has long prevented women of color from accessing quality jobs and equitable healthcare. We can fix that.

BY ROSELANDE LOUIS

Blog Post

03.16.2022
Employment and Jobs

Breadwinning and Caregiving Don’t Have to Be Incompatible

An increasing number of employers have embraced empowering policies and compassionate practices that create spaces for families to thrive.

BY Sarah Haight

Blog Post

02.03.2022
Family Finances

The Federal Government Should Cancel at Least $30,000 of Your Student Loans

The move would help 43 million people focus on their futures, and put us on track to pursue an equitable economic recovery.

BY Katherine Lucas McKay & 1 more

Blog Post

01.26.2022
Leadership

Leader of Women’s Foundation of Alabama chosen for prestigious Aspen Institute fellowship

In an Alabama NewsCenter article, Anne Mosle comments on the thought leadership of Melanie Bridgeforth, president and CEO of Women's Foundation of Alabama, who is one of the 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows.

BY Anne Mosle

Of Interest

12.16.2021
Economic Development

Working Together for Working Families: Investing in Whole Family Approaches

In Pascale Sykes Foundation's "Working Together for Working Families" podcast series, Ascend’s Marjorie Sims discusses the evolution of the two-generation approach (2Gen), shares why this approach to family empowerment works, and presents why resources allocated toward these efforts are as relevant as ever: Funding What Works: How Donors Can Invest in While Family Programs

BY Marjorie Sims

Of Interest

11.18.2021
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
Politics

Introduction Of Pathways To Health Careers Act

In a Latin Post article, Anne Mosle comments on the two-generation (2Gen) approach that's included as part of the Build Back Better legislation. Heinrich, Wyden Lead Introduction Of Pathways To Health Careers Act, Fight To Include In Build Back Better Plan

BY Anne Mosle

Of Interest

11.10.2021
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