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Streamlined Enrollment And Default Investment: Innovations In Alaska's College Savings Plan, Margaret M. Clancy, Terry Lassar, Rebekah Miller
Streamlined Enrollment And Default Investment: Innovations In Alaska's College Savings Plan, Margaret M. Clancy, Terry Lassar, Rebekah Miller
Center for Social Development Research
As college savings plans have gained in popularity and matured over the years, states have developed a number of innovations to facilitate access to and participation in 529s. This paper examines innovations in streamlined enrollment, pre-selected investment, and default investment in Alaska’s college savings plan. These 529 innovations—intended to facilitate greater participation, especially amongst low- and middle-income families—could play a more important role in other states to encourage savings for postsecondary education.
Low-Cost State Innovations To Help Families Save For College, Mark Huelsman, Margaret M. Clancy
Low-Cost State Innovations To Help Families Save For College, Mark Huelsman, Margaret M. Clancy
Center for Social Development Research
While 529 plans are defined in the federal tax code, individual states have considerable latitude to innovate and make their plans more inclusive. Some states have undertaken large-scale initiatives, such as matching contributions or establishing accounts at birth. Other states have been exploring a number of smaller, lower- cost innovations to remove disincentives and increase savings. States are often the testing ground for future federal policies, and several of these initiatives could also be enacted at the federal level.
The Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition Survey, Gena Gunn, Jennifer Heffern
The Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition Survey, Gena Gunn, Jennifer Heffern
Center for Social Development Research
The Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition Survey
State-Level Asset-Building Coalitions: Origins, Operations, And Achievements, Naomi Warren, Gena Gunn
State-Level Asset-Building Coalitions: Origins, Operations, And Achievements, Naomi Warren, Gena Gunn
Center for Social Development Research
State-Level Asset-Building Coalitions: Origins, Operations, and Achievements
Creative Partnerships Between Gear Up And State College Savings Plans: Experience And Policy Potential, Margaret M. Clancy, Rebekah Miller
Creative Partnerships Between Gear Up And State College Savings Plans: Experience And Policy Potential, Margaret M. Clancy, Rebekah Miller
Center for Social Development Research
This brief provides examples of how GEAR UP and state College Savings Plans are working together to provide information and resources to low-income and at-risk students. To illustrate experience and potential, the Center for Social Development documents and assesses four existing partnerships between College Savings Plans and GEAR UP. State-level experiences to date suggest several policy implications.
Active Partnerships: Working Together And Working For The Field, Jennifer Heffern, Gena Gun, Karen Edwards
Active Partnerships: Working Together And Working For The Field, Jennifer Heffern, Gena Gun, Karen Edwards
Center for Social Development Research
The State Assets Policy Project (SAPP), an initiative of the Center for Social Development (CSD) at Washington University in St. Louis, hosted its 6th asset-building policy conference November 7-9, 2007, in St. Louis, Missouri. Titled, Partnerships: Working Together and Working for the Field, the conference had three purposes: 1) to share information about current asset-building policies, and the existing or potential universality of these policies; 2) to facilitate collaboration between participating organizations; and 3) to consider the potential for universality of proposed assets policies, strategies, and systems. This document provides a summary of conference activities geared to assist conference participants …
Policy Brief: Pursuing 529 College Savings Plan Exclusion From Oklahoma Asset Limit Tests, Lisa Reyes Mason, Soda Lo, Margaret M. Clancy
Policy Brief: Pursuing 529 College Savings Plan Exclusion From Oklahoma Asset Limit Tests, Lisa Reyes Mason, Soda Lo, Margaret M. Clancy
Center for Social Development Research
Pursuing 529 College Savings Plan Exclusion from Oklahoma Asset Limit Tests