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Automatic Deposits For All At Birth: Maine's Harold Alfond College Challenge, Margaret M. Clancy, Michael Sherraden
Automatic Deposits For All At Birth: Maine's Harold Alfond College Challenge, Margaret M. Clancy, Michael Sherraden
Center for Social Development Research
The first statewide Child Development Account (CDA) in the United States announced a major change in strategy to automatically enroll all newborns. Evidence from CDA research has contributed to the decision by the College Challenge to remove its original opt-in requirement—in which parents must enroll their newborns in the state’s 529 college savings plan to receive a $500 grant—in favor of universal enrollment—in which every child is enrolled automatically at birth with a $500 grant.
Building A Lifetime Of Economic Security: Mobilizing For Change, Center For Social Development
Building A Lifetime Of Economic Security: Mobilizing For Change, Center For Social Development
Center for Social Development Research
Building a Lifetime of Economic Security: Mobilizing for Change