Roll, S., Despard, M., & Miller, S. (2025). Retirement plan access among low-wage workers in 2024: Implications for SECURE 2.0 (CSD Research Brief No. 25-10). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/k2wj-8b08
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Auto-Enrollment, Auto-Escalation, and the Need for Retirement Plan Portability: Implications for SECURE 2.0
Roll, S., Despard, M., & Miller, S. (2025). Auto-enrollment, auto-escalation, and the need for retirement plan portability: Implications for SECURE 2.0 (CSD Research Brief No. 25-11). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/xsyc-qw19
Moving Forward from SECURE 2.0: Building on the Law’s Most Effective Provisions, Closing the Access Gap, and Reforming Social Security
Sprick, E. (with Despard, M., & Roll, S.). (2025). Moving forward from SECURE 2.0: Building on the law’s most effective provisions, closing the access gap, and reforming social security. Bipartisan Policy Center. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/download/?file=/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Moving-Forward-from-SECURE-2.0-BPC-CSD-Report.pdf
“Salt and Eat It or No Salt and Trash It?” Shifts in Support for School Meal Program Flexibilities in Public Comments
Moreland-Russell, S., Zimmermann, N., Gannon, J., Ferris, D., Alba, C., & Jacob, R. R. (2025). “Salt and Eat It or No Salt and Trash It?” Shifts in support for school meal program flexibilities in public comments. Nutrients, 17(5), Article 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17050839
Fossil Fuel Wealth for Human Development: CDAs Continue in Kazakhstan with Second Year Deposits
Huseynli, A., & Sherraden, M. (2025). Fossil fuel wealth for human development: CDAs continue in Kazakhstan with second year deposits (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-05). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/PBJS-4450
PCCI Direct Cash Transfer Project: Final Report
Hamilton, L., Roll, S., & Zhang, G. (2025). PCCI Direct Cash Transfer Project: Final Report. Appalachian State University, Family Economic Policy Lab. https://fepl.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/PCCI-Cohort-2-Final-Report.pdf
Labor Outcomes of Mortgage Payment Subsidies for Unemployed Homeowners
Pierce, S. C., Brown, J. K., Moulton, S., Chun, Y. (2025). Labor outcomes of mortgage payment subsidies for unemployed homeowners. Journal of Housing Economics, 67, Article 102040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2024.102040
Thirty Productive Years and a Very Promising Future: The Annual Letter of the Center for Social Development
Sherraden, M. (2025, January). Thirty productive years and a very promising future: The annual letter of the Center for Social Development (CSD Perspective No. 25-01). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/br71-0530
Universal Asset Building: New Social Policy for a New Era
Sherraden, M., Huang, J., & Zou, L. (2025, January). Universal asset building: New social policy for a new era (CSD Perspective No. 25-02). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/5F8X-5253
Designing Savings Accounts to Promote Asset Building for Individuals With Disabilities: Experimental Evidence on ABLE Accounts
Roll, S., Ferris, D., Bufe, S., & Kondratjeva, O. (2024). Designing savings accounts to promote asset building for individuals with disabilities: Experimental evidence on ABLE accounts. Journal of Disability Policy Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073241304109
From Universal Basic Income to Universal Basic Assets: New Social Development Policies in the Age of AI
Huang, J. (2024). From universal basic income to universal basic assets: New docial development policies in the age of AI. Journal of Policy Practice & Research, 5, 146–152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-024-00114-y
The National Fund for Children in Kazakhstan
Huseynli, A., Zou, L., Sherraden, M., & Huang, J. (2024). The National Fund for Children in Kazakhstan (Policy Brief No. 24-17). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/sdeb-m075
Environmental Justice and Social Work: A Study Across Practice Settings in Three U.S. States
Minnick, D., J., Rao, S., Smith, K., Krings, A., & Teixeira, S. (2024). Meeting the Grand Challenge to Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment (Policy Brief). Grand Challenges for Social Work. https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240730-SRTCE_PB_FINAL.pdf
Building Social Work Capacity in Ukraine in Times of War: The Role of Global Social Work Engagement
Gusak, N., Burlaka, V., Huseynli, A., Sousa, C., McNitt, M., & Martin, J. (2024). Building social work capacity in Ukraine in times of war: The role of global social work engagement. International Social Work. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728241269733
Meeting the Grand Challenge to Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment
Minnick, D., J., Rao, S., Smith, K., Krings, A., & Teixeira, S. (2024). Meeting the Grand Challenge to Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment (Policy Brief). Grand Challenges for Social Work. https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240730-SRTCE_PB_FINAL.pdf
Delivering Financial Guidance: Institutional Assessment and Directions for Inclusion
Sherraden, M. S., Huang, J., & Johnson, L. (2024). Delivering financial guidance: Institutional assessment and directions for inclusion (CSD Working Paper No. 24-09). Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Meeting the Grand Challenge to Build Financial Capability and Assets for All; Social Workers: A Ready Workforce for Building Financial Capability in Underserved Households
Sherraden, M. S., Huang, J., & Johnson, L. (2024, July). Meeting the grand challenge to build financial capability and assets for all; Social workers: A ready workforce for building financial capability in underserved households (Policy Brief). Grand Challenges for Social Work. https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240730-SW-FCAB-workforce_FINAL.pdf
Meeting the Grand Challenge to Build Financial Capability and Assets for All; Strengthen the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Birkenmaier, J., & Huang, J. (2024, July). Meeting the grand challenge to build financial capability and assets for all; Strengthen the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Policy Brief). Grand Challenges for Social Work. https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240730-CFPB_FCAB_PB_FINAL.pdf
Eliminate Racism, Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality, and Build Financial Capabilities and Assets for All; Universal Child Development Accounts to Develop All Children and Reduce Racial Wealth Inequality
Huang, J., Shanks, T. R., Teasley, M., Spencer, M., & Sherraden, M. (2024, July). Eliminate racism, reduce extreme economic inequality, and build financial capabilities and assets for all; Universal Child Development Accounts to develop all children and reduce racial wealth inequality (Policy Brief). Grand Challenges for Social Work. https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240730-CDAs_FINAL.pdf
Asset-Building Policy and Black Reparations: Effective Delivery and Wealth Accumulation
Shanks, T. R., Huang, J., Elliott, W., III, Zheng, H., Clancy, M. M., & Sherraden, M. (2024). Asset-building policy and Black reparations: Effective delivery and wealth accumulation (CSD Research Brief No. 24-07). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/4tyz-z454
A Policy Platform to Deliver Black Reparations: Building on Evidence from Child Development Accounts
Shanks, T. R., Huang, J., Elliott, W., III, Zheng, H., Clancy, M. M., & Sherraden, M. (2024). A policy platform to deliver Black reparations: Building on evidence from Child Development Accounts. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 10(3), 92–111. https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.3.05
Child Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Advantaged Accounts Benefiting American Children: Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Elliott, W. (2024, May). Child Savings Accounts and other tax-advantaged accounts benefiting American children: Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (CSD Perspective No. 24-05). Washington University, Center for Social Development, and University of Michigan, Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion. https://doi.org/10.7936/ezhm-qb08
Wealth-Building for All Children: Convergence and Evidence to Support a Nationwide Policy
Huang, J., Shanks, T. R., Clancy, M. M., Elliott, W., III, & Sherraden, M. (2024). Wealth-building for all children: Convergence and evidence to support a nationwide policy (CSD Policy Brief No. 24-04). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/kyht-rv07
How Financial Resilience Shapes Social and Public Health Policy Choices in Africa: Empirical Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Okumu, M., Ansong, D., Koomson, I., & Chen, D. G. (2024). How financial resilience shapes social and public health policy choices in Africa: Empirical insights from the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 15(1), 43-67. https://doi.org/10.1086/717770
Report on a Seminar on Financial Capability and Asset Building Organised for Social Work Practitioners
Naami, A., Dako-Gyeke, M., Mills, A. A., & Ampomah, A. (2024, March). Report on a seminar on financial capability and asset building organised for social work practitioners (CSD Research Report No. 24-02). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/n61e-dm86
Financial Capability Training for Social Workers in Singapore: Towards More Effective Practice
V., D., Ghoh, C., & Sherraden, M. S. (2024). Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice. International Social Work, 67(2), 346–359. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728221150901
Reflections, Accomplishments, and Opportunities: The CSD Annual Letter
Sherraden, M. (2024, January). Reflections, accomplishments, and opportunities: The CSD annual letter (CSD Perspective No. 24-01). Washington University, Center for Social Development.
The Role of Social Workers in Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Azerbaijan
Huseynli, A. (2023). The role of social workers in implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Azerbaijan. In D. Androff & J. Damanik (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals (Chap. 33). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003177265
Parental Views on Universal Asset-Building Policy for All Children
Huang, J., Beverly, S. G., Clancy, M. M., & Sherraden, M. (2024). Parental views on universal asset-building policy for all children. Child & Family Social Work, 29(2), 584–586. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13103
Expanded Child Tax Credits: A Transformational Opportunity to Help Families Put Food on the Table
2023 FRAC Research Brief Abstract The 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) showed a clear path to dramatically cutting hunger and poverty — the central root cause of hunger — among households with children. These essential benefits for children and their families were lost when the CTC expired in December 2021. This brief provides key […]
Democratizing the Economy or Introducing Economic Risk? Gig Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract Though the growth of the gig economy has coincided with increased economic precarity in the new economy, we know less about the extent to which gig work (compared with other self-employment arrangements and non-gig work) may fuel economic insecurity among American households. We fill this gap in the literature by drawing on a sample […]
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Innovations in Social Protection and Development
Ansong, D., Okumu, M., Huang, J., Sun, S., Huseynli, A., Koomson, I., Chowa, G., Ssewamala, F., Sherraden, M. S., & Sherraden, M. (2023). Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection and development. In L. Patel, S. Plagerson, & I Chinyoka (Eds.), Handbook on social protection and social development in the global South (pp. 308–330). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378421.00033
Connecting the Dots between Barriers to W.I.C. Access and Adult and Child Food Insecurity: A Survey of Missouri Residents
Abstract Background. Previous research has explored the impact of W.I.C. on recipients’ health, but less is known about the connection between barriers to W.I.C. access and health outcomes. We fill in a gap in the literature by studying the relationship between barriers to Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (W.I.C.) access and adult […]
What It’s Worth: Strengthening the Financial Future of Families
Sherraden, M., & Sherraden, M. S. (2023). What it’s worth: Strengthening the financial future of families. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 13). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Systematic Review on Financial Literacy
Jin, M., & Yuan, Y. (2023). Systematic review on financial literacy. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 12). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Financial Risk and Financial Capability Among Youth
Zhou, X., Zou, Y., & Huang, J. (2023). Financial risk and financial capability among youth. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 11). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Financial Capability and Relative Poverty
Fang, S., & Wang, Y. (2023). Financial capability and relative poverty. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 10). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Child Development Accounts
Huang, J., & Zou, L. (2023). Child Development Accounts. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 8). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Child Welfare and Protection and Poverty Alleviation
Zhang, Y., & Huang, J. (2023). Financial social work and poverty alleviation. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 5). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Financial Social Work and Poverty Alleviation
Zhang, Y., & Huang, J. (2023). Financial social work and poverty alleviation. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 5). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
The Risk of Poverty Over the Life Course and Asset Building
Deng, S. (2023). The risk of poverty over the life course and asset building. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 4). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Financial Capability
Sherraden, M. S. (2023). Financial capability. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 2). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Determinants of Asset Building
Beverly, S. G., Sherraden, M., Cramer, R., Shanks, T. R., & Nam, Y. (2023). Determinants of asset building. In S. Deng, J. Huang, S. Fang, & X. Zhou (Eds.), 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights] (Chap. 1). East China University of Science and Technology Press.
资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in antipoverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights]
Deng, S., Huang, J., Fang, S., & Zhou, X. (Eds.). (2023). 资产建设视角的反贫困社会工作：发展、对话与启示 [Asset-building perspective in anti-poverty social work: Development, dialogue, and insights]. East China University of Science and Technology Press.
Social Work in Azerbaijan: Achievements and Challenges of the Profession
Huseynli, A. (2023). Social work in Azerbaijan: Achievements and challenges of the profession. International Social Work, 66(5), 1527–1541. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728221075824
The Effectiveness of Financial Capability and Asset Building Interventions in Improving Youth’s Educational Well-Being: A Systematic Review
Ansong, D., Okumu, M., Nyon, T., Appiah Kubi, J., Amoako, E. O., Koomson, I., Conklin, J. (2023). The effectiveness of financial capability and asset building interventions in improving youth’s educational well-being: A systematic review. Adolescent Research Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-023-00223-x
Sarri, Rosemary
Barth, R. P., & Sherraden, M. (2023, July 19). Sarri, Rosemary. In C. Franklin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Work (Online ed.). https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.1636
My Alfond Grant CDA: Experience From 10 Years of Automatic Deposits for All Maine Newborns
Quint, C. J., & Clancy, M. M. (2023, June). My Alfond Grant CDA: Experience From 10 years of automatic deposits for all Maine newborns (CSD Policy Brief No. 23-19). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/9tx1-hf90
Child Well-Being Policies in Post-Soviet Countries: The Potential of Child Development Accounts
Huseynli, A., & Sherraden, M. (2023, June). Child well-being policies in post-Soviet countries: The potential of Child Development Accounts (CSD Policy Brief No. 23-18). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/8f0m-qs76
Policy, Practice, and Institutional Barriers to Financial Capability and Asset Building Related to Race (Racism) in the United States
Jones, J. L., Birkenmaier, J., Johnson, L., McClendon, G. G., Nam, Y., Huang, J., & Onifade, E. (2023). Policy, practice, and institutional barriers to financial capability and asset building related to race (racism) in the United States. In M. L. Teasley, M. S. Spencer, & M. Bartholomew (Eds.), Social work and the Grand Challenge of Ending Racism: Concepts, theory, and evidence based approaches (Chap. 21). Oxford University Press.