The Center for Social Development celebrates the 30th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) with new contributions on a broad array of subjects. Forty-one affiliated faculty, staff, and associated researchers will showcase work in over 70 unique presentations at the conference.
Allee, H., Anderson, G., Barth, R., Brugger, L., Chiang, M., Dobill, A., Hamilton, L., Moore, A., Rolf, L., Roll, S., & Zhang, G. (2025). The impacts of the St. Louis Guaranteed Basic Income Program on economic security (Evaluation Brief No. 2). Washington University, Center for Social Development and Brown School Evaluation Center. https://doi.org/10.7936/d2hx-cz62
Zheng, H., Huang, J., & Sherraden,M. (2025). Historical harms and racial wealth inequality: Evidence from homeownership and retirement savings accounts. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41996-025-00180-8
Huang, J., Sherraden, M., & Johnson, L. (2025). Policy design for multiple funding flows into Trump Accounts (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-62). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/jj5s-k777
December 9, 2025, 10-11:30 AM (central U.S.). Via Zoom
Huang, J., & Sherraden, M. (2025). Design and delivery of Trump Accounts: Clearing fund and custodian network with automatic enrollment (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-60). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/jetr-6f50
November 18, 2025, 10-11:30 AM (central U.S.). Via Zoom
Huang, J., Sherraden, M., Clancy, M., & Johnson, L. (2025). Beyond money: Early asset-building policy supports mothers, strengthens families, and builds children’s futures (CSD Policy Report No. 25-59). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/2ppr-r627
This November, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) will welcome more than 2,500 individuals from the public policy research community to Seattle for the 47th Annual Fall Research Conference. The multi-disciplinary convening features research on current and emerging policy and management issues. This year, Center for Social Development (CSD) affiliates are contributing […]
November 11, 2025,
Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
Zou, L., & Sherraden, M. (2025). Over 30 million and growing: Child Development Accounts around the world (CSD Policy Report No. 25-56). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/3r91-tc95
Clancy, M., Huang, J., & Sherraden, M. (2025). The case for automatic enrollment in Trump Accounts: Lessons from Maine’s CDA (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-51). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/V1H4-2C90
New findings published in a series of studies add to the growing body of evidence on the transformative potential of Child Development Account policy. The findings from SEED for Oklahoma Kids, a long-running experiment conducted by the Center for Social Development. come as federal officials are developing a strategy for implementing the new Trump Accounts policy.
October 28, 2025, 10-11 AM (central U.S.). Via Zoom
Huang, J., Sherraden, M., & Johnson, L. (2025). A Strategy for Implementing Automatic Enrollment in Trump Accounts (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-50). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/0q9b-vn98
September 30, 2025, 10-11 AM (central U.S.). Via Zoom
Huseynli, A., Huang, J., & Sherraden, M. (2025). Effects of Child Development Accounts on parent–child educational engagement and children’s hope. Children, 12(9), Article 1136. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12091136
Brugger, L., Bellisle, D., Maag, E., Udani, A., Roll, S., Hamilton, L., & Lee, J. (2025). Child tax credit utilization in immigrant households: A focus on child investment and college funds. SN Business and Economics, 5, Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-025-00871-2
Zeng, Y., Huang, J., & Sherraden, M. (2025). Effects of Child Development Accounts on adolescent behavior problems: Evidence from a longitudinal, randomized policy experiment. Social Sciences, 14(8), Article 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14080495
September 16, 2025, 3-4:30 PM (central).
Via Zoom
Huang, J., Clancy, M. M., Roll, S., & Sherraden, M.(2025). “Check-the-box” enrollment will limit participation in Trump Accounts: Lessons from asset building research (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-43). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/vtsk-t224
Huang, J., Sherraden, M., & Johnson, L. (2025). Why automatic enrollment is essential for the success of Trump Accounts: Lessons from SEED OK (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-42). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/pp7f-3792
Huang, J., Beverly, S., Schreiner, M., Clancy, M. M., & Sherraden, M. (2025). Asset building for education: Financial outcomes in a Child Development Account policy experiment. Journal of Policy Practice & Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-025-00121-7
Huang, J., Sherraden, M., & Sun, S. (2025). Enduring impacts of Child Development Accounts: Increased parental expectations and college preparation (CSD Research Brief No. 25-31). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/zpe1-ah53
Brown, M., Atherton, S., Ewas, J., & Boshara, R. (2025, June 10). How “Trump Accounts” measure up to the evidence in early wealth-building policy (Urban Wire). https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/how-trump-accounts-measure-evidence-early-wealth-building-policy
Sherraden, M., Clancy, M. M., Huang, J., Boshara, R., & Johnson, L. (2025). Asset building for all, starting at birth: Emergence of federal policy and a key design lesson (CSD Policy Brief No. 25-27). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/baqt-6318
Sherraden, M. S., Huang, J., & Johnson, L. (2025). Delivering financial guidance: Institutional assessment and directions for inclusion (CSD Working Paper No. 25-21). Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Huang, J., Schreiner, M., Clancy, M. M., Beverly, S. G., & Sherraden, M. (2025, May). Financial facts: SEED OK Child Development Accounts at age 17 (CSD Fact Sheet No. 25-20). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/2606-nv37
June 12, 2025, 1-3 PM (central U.S.). Via Zoom
Sun, S., Huang, J., & Sherraden, M. (2025). The long-term impacts of Child Development Accounts on parental educational expectations and college preparation. Social Service Review, 99(2), 326-363. https://doi.org/10.1086/735543
Roll, S., Miller, S., & Despard, M. (2025). The impact of benefits cliffs and asset limits on low-wage workers: New evidence from a nationally representative survey (CSD Research Brief No. 25-07). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/5ykn-5z34
NGO Committee for Social Development, Publication Task Force. (2025). Bridging Vision to Action, Volume II [Report]. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ovgQiYA9nxt89MnLszD7dDRQogoO2CNj/view
Johnson, L., Sherraden, M. S., Pettus, C., Miller, J., & Huang, J. (2025). Enhancing diversion success through financial capability and asset building: A framework and proposed intervention (CSD Working Paper No. 25-18). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/seyw-jf60
May 22, 2025, 1- 2PM (eastern U.S.). Via Zoom
Roll, S., Despard, M., & Miller, S. (2025). Savings incentives and the SECURE 2.0 Act: New evidence on employer-sponsored emergency savings accounts and the Saver’s Match (CSD Research Brief No. 25-12), Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/bn8y-t719
Roll, S., Despard, M., & Zhang, G. (2025). Matching student debt payments with retirement contributions has high appeal for low-wage workers: Implications for SECURE 2.0 (CSD Research Brief No. 25-13). Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/njam-jy38
May 5, 2025, 7:00-8:30 PM (central U.S.). Via Zoom
April 23, 2025, 8 AM to 12 PM (central),
Hillman Hall, Washington University
Bipartisan Policy Center and Center for Social Development. (2025, March). Moving forward from SECURE 2.0: Saver’s Credit [Fact Sheet]. Bipartisan Policy Center. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/download/?file=/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Savers-Match-Fact-Sheet.pdf
Bipartisan Policy Center and Center for Social Development. (2025, March). Moving forward from SECURE 2.0: Emergency savings [Fact Sheet]. Bipartisan Policy Center. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/download/?file=/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Emerging-Saving-Fact-Sheet.pdf
April 9, 2025, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
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
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
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
May 1-2, 2025
Hillman Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
March 18, 2025, 1:00–2:00 (central U.S.)
Via Zoom
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
March 19, 2025, 8:00–09:30 (central U.S., UTC – 6)
Via Zoom
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
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