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Recent Publications
Building Social Work Capacity in Ukraine in Times of War: The Role of Global Social Work Engagement
Meeting the Grand Challenge to Build Financial Capability and Assets for All; Social Workers: A Ready Workforce for Building Financial Capability in Underserved Households
Asset-Building Policy and Black Reparations: Effective Delivery and Wealth Accumulation
Upcoming Events
Fall 2024 Seminar Series
Financial Independence; Using Wealth and Income Policies to Forge a New Social Contract: Giving People Something to Live For
Featured Projects
Financial Capability & Asset Building in Africa (FCAB Africa)
Asset Building
The Financial Capability & Asset Building in Africa (FCAB Africa) initiative aims to increase financial capability and asset holding among socially and financially marginalized populations in Africa. By improving financial stability and security in these populations, the initiative seeks to strengthen their social and economic well-being.
SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK)
Asset Building
The SEED OK experiment, which began in 2007, is a large-scale policy test of universal, automatic, and progressive Child Development Accounts. The CDA uses the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan platform.
Financial Capability & Asset Building (FCAB)
Asset Building
We are building a body of evidence in financial capability, defined as both the knowledge to make optimal financial decisions and access to appropriate and beneficial financial services.