Social entrepreneur Peter Nares, the founder of Prosper Canada and longtime friend of the Center for Social Development, died on April 5. He was 66.
Peter Nares, Prosper Canada founder, drove asset building, financial literacy
Tag: asset building
Journal: Start children early for financial success
The Great Recession exposed the financial fragility of millions of American families. Now researchers and policymakers are striving to improve the next generation’s grasp of personal finance and its access to safe financial products.
Inquiry, Innovation, and Impact: Report to the Community, 2015
Center for Social Development. (2015). Inquiry, innovation, and impact: Report to the Community, 2015 (CSD Report No. 15-86). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
New book explores the rise of asset building
More than two decades after Michael Sherraden, PhD, wrote Assets and the Poor – introducing asset building as a new social policy framework – that idea has taken off in numerous directions.
‘Refund to Savings’ tax-time savings experiment has impact on household finances
As the 2014 tax season opens, the Refund to Savings initiative continues with adjustments designed to better understand consumer savings behavior and help more Americans build savings.
New book addresses gap in financial capability
Financial issues impacting families are receiving renewed attention and interest by scholars, practitioners and students. Unfortunately, social workers and other human service workers often lack preparation, knowledge and skills to tackle increasingly complex financial problems facing their clients.
CSD announces asset-building expert Michal Grinstein-Weiss as associate director
Grinstein-Weiss is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the field of asset building whose research focuses on developing programs and policies to promote economic and social development of vulnerable groups.
Kids with savings accounts in their name six times more likely to attend college
Evidence supporting the link between savings and college success is growing. Three studies out of the Center for Social Development at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis offer a connection between assets and college enrollment and completion.
Giving children a financial stake in college
William Elliott, III, Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh and a Faculty Associate at the Center for Social Development at Washington University’s Brown School, will present his research on children’s savings and educational outcomes at 1:00 pm, April 8, 2011, in Brown Lounge.
New measure of economic security shows what families need for stability
What does it take for a family in the US to not merely get by, but to have long-term economic security and ongoing opportunities? This was the question that inspired the creation of the Basic Economic Security Tables Index and accompanying Report.
Op-Ed: Investing in Oregon’s future: Toward more inclusive saving for college
Earnings in 529s grow free from federal income tax when used to pay for qualified educational costs. Many states, like Oregon, offer a tax deduction for families saving in the state 529 plan. Yet tax incentives provide more benefit to people with higher incomes.
CSD research assistant receives social change grant for innovative asset-building and mentorship initiative
David Githinji, an MSW student at the Brown School and a Research Assistant at the School’s Center for Social Development, has been awarded a $5,000 Social Change Grant by the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service at Washington University in St. Louis.
‘Striving to Save’ still garnering positive reviews nearly a year after its publication
Striving to Save: Creating Policies for Financial Security of Low-Income Families was published in February, 2010 to acclaim from economist Stuart Rutherford, Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Treasury Michael Barr, and Director of Brandeis’s Institute on Assets Thomas Shapiro.
Brown School alumna active in American Dream Demonstration research wins prestigious award
The Center for Social Development congratulates Michal Grinstein-Weiss on her receipt of the Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research.
Research on college savings fuels interest in Child Development Accounts in San Francisco
In an article on the front page of the May 28, 2010 San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco city officials point to a CSD study on savings and college enrollment as they prepare to launch a city-funded college savings account program this fall.
CSD’s Michael Sherraden named to TIME Magazine’s TIME 100
TIME Magazine has named Michael Sherraden, PhD, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, to the 2010 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Sample state legislation promotes more inclusive 529s
States use a variety of 529 policy strategies to make it easier for low-and moderate-income families to save for college.
Asset building and civic engagement and service bibliographies now available
Comprehensive bibliographies on asset building and civic engagement and service now available on CSD’s web site offer convenient, web-based access to over 3,000 citations, many with abstracts and links to full text.
CSD launches new College Savings Initiative
Through the College Savings Initative, CSD and the New America Foundation will examine innovative ways to create more inclusive 529 college savings plans.
CSD featured in Boston Globe’s article on children’s savings accounts
Subtitled “The movement to give every American a trust fund at birth,” the article summarizes the case for a universal children’s savings account.
Assets and the Social Investment State
Miller, D. J. (2003). Everything you own belongs to the land: Land, community, and history in Tillery, North Carolina (CSD Working Paper No. 03-22). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.