Public Policy Blog
Money Well-Spent: Requiring a Personal Finance Course for High School Graduation
In a national survey, only 33 percent of adults over the age of 50 could correctly answer three questions testing basic knowledge of interest rates, inflation and financial markets. And despite the widespread advertisement and usage of credit cards by young adults,...
Tackling our Imagination Challenge: Takeaways from the CFED Assets Learning Conference
Every two years, our partners at CFED (the Corporation for Enterprise Development) host a conference in Washington, D.C. for those who are passionate about expanding economic opportunity in the United States. This conference, the Assets Learning Conference (ALC), took...
Evaluating College Savings Plans
A Case Study on Arkansas and Mississippi Read Policy Points 41 here.
Expanding the EITC to “Childless” Workers Would Boost Financial Security for many Arkansans and Mississippians
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal tax credit for low- and moderate-income working people, recognized for its success in promoting work and alleviating poverty as well as offsetting payroll and income taxes. Due to its success, federal policymakers over...
Fewer Uninsured Adults = Healthier, More Financially Stable Arkansans
Last week, Gallup reported in a survey that not only did the rate of uninsured adult Arkansans decline by nearly half (from 22.5 percent in 2013 to 12.4 percent mid-2014), but that Arkansas now leads the country in decreasing the percentage of uninsured adults and...
The State of Family Economic Security in Mississippi
Southern has a long-standing commitment to provide opportunities for economic stability and mobility for people and communities in rural Arkansas and Mississippi, and to complement our asset-building services, Southern promotes public policy efforts in both states and...