Currently, in its seventeenth year (2007–2024) following a representative cohort of Oklahoma children, SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK) is a large-scale test of a statewide CDA policy, with a probability sample randomly drawn from infants born in 2007. The policy experiment aimed to achieve three key objectives: (1) to test a scalable and sustainable CDA policy model, incorporating essential design features; (2) to assess both the financial and social-development impacts of CDAs on children and families from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds; and (3) to utilize the evidence gathered to inform future policy development.
This is one in a series or briefs developed in conjunction with the Financial Independence policy conference held on September 16 and 17, 2024, in Washington, DC. The convening was hosted by the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, the Center for Social Development, the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of Pennsylvania, and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. Support for the conference and subsequent publications came from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work. For the conference report and links to other briefs in this series, visit https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/25210
Project: SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK)
Citation
Huang, J., Sherraden, M., Clancy, M. M., Beverly, S. G., & Schreiner, M. (2024). Child Development Accounts and the SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment: Evidence and impacts (Conference Brief). University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion. https://doi.org/10.7302/24411