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Family Finances

30-40 Million People in the US Are at Risk of Eviction

People of color, particularly Black and Latinx people, constitute approximately 80% of people facing eviction.

BY Emily Benfer & 9 more

Blog Post

08.07.2020
Family Finances

Extend Enhanced Unemployment Benefits for 32 Million People in Need

Extending UI is Essential to Safeguarding Financial Security and Our Economic Recovery Within a week the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPU ...

BY Tim Shaw & 1 more

Blog Post

07.20.2020
Family Finances

The True Cost of Caregiving

Care is a universal need and the backbone of our economy. Nearly 1 in 5 people incur caregiving expenses. From infants to adults to elders, every household ...

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

05.29.2020
Family Finances

Five Lessons About Financial Well-Being

Money is power. Power to keep yourself and your family safe, and to make choices with dignity and freedom.

BY Genevieve Melford & 1 more

Blog Post

05.15.2020
Family Finances

Guaranteed Income and Cash Infusions: A Three-Part Series

This set of three publications explores how direct investments via cash infusions and transfers boost individual and family financial well-being. These bri ...

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

04.21.2020
Family Finances

Lack of Emergency Savings is Dangerous; We Need to Make it as Automatic as Saving in a 401(k)

The priority for leaders now must be emergency relief desperately needed to keep families afloat today, but when the economy eventually emerges from its lockdown, families will need more tools to save for future emergencies like this one.

BY Financial Security Program

Blog Post

04.21.2020
Finance and Assets

Building Financial Security in a COVID-19 World: Triage, Recover, Stabilize

The financial challenges for American households didn’t start with COVID-19 – and they won’t end with the $2 trillion stimulus package. Experts Ida R ...

BY Financial Security Program

Video

04.15.2020
Long-Term Capitalism

Partnering for Economic Opportunity

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered these welcome remarks at the “Toward a New Capitalism” summit co-hosted by the Institute and Prudential on February 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

02.27.2020
Family Finances

Why We’re Focusing on Household-Centric Benefits

The 2010s saw a decade of solid economic growth and low unemployment, but Americans don’t need macroeconomic data to know that has not translated i ...

BY Rachel Black & 2 more

Blog Post

02.18.2020
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