This is the first large-scale demonstration of Individual Development Accounts, with approximately 2,400 accounts opened at 13 sites across the country. 

We assisted the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families in designing the next evaluation of the AFIA program. 

We examine social vulnerability to environmental change, and strategies for social action and adaptation.

We assess the forms, purposes, activities, servers  and operations of all civic service programs worldwide.

We created a tool for the American Dream Policy Demonstration to track demographics and savings of low-income individuals participating in a matched savings program. 

We explore organizational factors promoting long-term civic service engagement at Habitat for Humanity International programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

We investigate youth civic service worldwide and measure its impact on volunteers and the individuals and communities they serve.

We assess activities and recommended performance measurement indicators to organizations aiming to increase asset ownership among low-income groups.

Our research focuses on societal inclusion and ways to promote engagement across the life course.

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. 

Led by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship at Haverford College, we surveyed students from multiple institutions of higher education who participated in global service learning.  

We analyze civic service and volunteering initiatives in five Southern African countries and examined their implications for social development in the region.

We assess the status of youth volunteer service in Latin America and the Caribbean and its potential to serve as a strategy for social and economic development.