News

Archived Webinar: Wisconsin Poverty Report Now Available

May 09, 2012
Archived Webinar Now Available: "Retirement Rules of Thumb"

April 26, 2012
CFS April Quarterly Newsletter Now Available

April 23, 2012
Presentation Available for March Webinar: "Municipal Financial Empowerment: A Supervitamin for Public Programs"

April 05, 2012
Graduate Student Call for Paper

March 14, 2012
Archived Webinar Now Available: "Payday Lending"

March 09, 2012
National Financial Capability Challenge

March 07, 2012
CFS Hosts Household Finance Scholars Spring 2012 Forum

February 08, 2012
CFS Quarterly Newsletter Now Available

January 20, 2012
Center for Financial Security Releases Applied Financial Security Research Papers and Practitioner Briefs

January 12, 2012
Archived Webinar Now Available: "Public Libraries as Financial Literacy Providers"

November 29, 2011
Archived Webinar: "Encouraging the Use of Retirement Savings Contribution Credit through VITA Sites"

November 14, 2011
Archived Webinar Now Available: "Coming Up with Cash in a Pinch: Emergency Savings and its Alternatives"

November 01, 2011
Building Wealth Over a Lifetime - Reception and Discussion to Kickoff 2011 APPAM Research Conference

November 01, 2011
CFS October Newsletter Now Available Online

October 05, 2011
Archive of September Webinar "Financial Education for First-Time Homebuyers" Now Available!

September 16, 2011
CFS Affiliate Appointed Director of UW-Madison School of Social Work

September 02, 2011
CFS Affiliate Karen Holden Interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio

August 30, 2011
Archived Webinar Now Available: "Integrating Financial Education into Traditional Family Support Systems"

August 30, 2011
CFS Director Speaks with University of Wisconsin Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor about the Center's Outreach

August 29, 2011
CFS Noted for Work with Women’s Retirement Savings

July 28, 2011
The Financial Clinic Hosts Virtual Presentation on MoneyUp: Center's Faculty Director to Present

July 27, 2011
CFS and New America Foundation Conference -- Archive Video Now Available

July 25, 2011
ProManage Interview with Attorney and ERISA expert Dave Wolfe

July 18, 2011
CFS Affiliate Interviewed by WKOW Madison News

July 15, 2011
UW Office of Human Resource Development Offering Financial Strategies Seminar

July 14, 2011
CFS Quarterly Newsletter Available Online

July 11, 2011
Live Webcast of President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability

July 08, 2011
Newsletter Interviews CFS Faculty Director About the Do's and Don'ts of Financial Advice

July 06, 2011
Money Summer Camp Article in New York Times

July 06, 2011
CFS 2011 Webinar Series -- Wendy Way's Archived Webinar Now Available

July 05, 2011
Money $mart in Head Start: Enhancing Head Start Families' Financial Capabilities

June 30, 2011
CFS Affiliate Receives "Best Paper" Award at Recent Conference

June 27, 2011
Rebuilding the Road to Financial Stability Conference: CFS to co-Host event in DC

June 23, 2011
CFS, UW Cooperative Extention, and Institute for Research on Poverty Hosted the Pathways to Financial Success Conference

June 22, 2011
Adult Children Live Closer to their Elderly Parents than Some Might Guess: Podcast with Professor Robert Pollak of Washington University in St. Louis

June 20, 2011
CFS, U.S. Department of the Treasury, & the Social Security Administration Host Workshop in Washington D.C. To Explore the Intersection Between Financial Capability & Domestic Violence

June 20, 2011
CFS Affiliate, Karen Holden, Advises Sesame Street Financial Education Initiative

June 20, 2011
Summary of Workshop Proceedings Now Available

June 20, 2011
Upcoming Webinar: "Harnessing the Power of Technology to Enhance Financial Litearcy Education & Personal Financial Well-Being"

June 20, 2011
Holding Promise But Raising the Bar: CFS Faculty Director Presents at St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

June 20, 2011
Boston College Blog Highlights Herd's Recent Webinar

June 20, 2011
CFS 2011 Webinar Series -- Archived Webinar Now Available

June 20, 2011
Family Geography: Proximity and Caregiving - Robert Pollak Presents at IRP Seminar

June 20, 2011
Homeownership Education and Counseling: Do We Know What Works?

June 20, 2011
Are Lower-Income Homebuyers Falling Through the Cracks of Consumer Protections? CFS Podcast with Carolina Reid

June 20, 2011
CFS Affiliate Karen Holden Advises Sesame Street Financial Education Initiative

June 20, 2011
CFS Faculty Director to Serve on Panel for New Partnerships: Government and Real Estate Conference

June 20, 2011
Distinguished Professor Peter Blanck to Deliver Two Lectures on UW Campus

June 20, 2011
Financial Literacy at the Local Level - CFS' J. Michael Collins to Present at Webinar

June 20, 2011
Carolina Reid Will Visit UW-Madison for Seminar: "Falling through the Cracks of Consumer Protection: The Financial Decisions of Low Income Homebuyers"

June 20, 2011
CFS Faculty Director Offers Advice on Managing Money for Parents and Students

June 20, 2011
"Estimating the Effects of Foreclosure Counseling for Troubled Borrowers": CFS Affiliate Presents at Federal Reserve Conference

June 20, 2011
Barriers and Pathways to Social Mobility: Podcast with Ruby Mendenhall

June 20, 2011
CFS 2011 Webinar Series -- Archived Webinar Now Available

June 20, 2011
Providing Tax Help for Needy Families this Season: CFS Survey Referenced in Huffington Post Article

June 20, 2011
Jeanne Hogarth Featured in CFS Podcast

June 20, 2011
Op Ed. in Wall Street Journal Highlights Stephanie Moulton's Work

June 20, 2011
Register for Upcoming CFS Webinar: "Financial Education -- Is It Really About Cognitive Functioning?"

June 20, 2011
CFS Q2 Newsletter Now Available Online

June 20, 2011
April is National Financial Literacy Month

June 20, 2011
CFS Researcher Quoted in Chicago Tribune for Work on Retirement Savings

June 20, 2011
Pathways to Financial Success Conference in Wisconsin Dells this June

June 20, 2011
US Department of Treasury Introduces National Financial Capability Challenge

June 20, 2011
Researcher at CFS Interviewed for Her Work with Games, Learning, & Society Conference

June 20, 2011
Co-opportunity "iCoach2Win" Project Highlighted at CFSI: CFS to be Research Partner

June 20, 2011
Filene Research Institute "LIFT" Project Featured at CFSI: CFS to be Evaluation Partner

June 20, 2011
CFS Featured in On Wisconsin Magazine

June 20, 2011
The University of Wisconsin Hosts Interdisciplinary Symposium "Boundaries of Disability"

June 20, 2011
CFS Researcher, Stephanie Moulton, in The Columbus Dispatch

June 20, 2011
Reuters.com Highlights Financial Advice: Who Gets It and Who Doesn't?

June 20, 2011
HelloWallet Appoints CFS' J. Michael Collins to Academic Advisory Board

June 20, 2011
CFS Research Partner Chairs GLS Conference

June 20, 2011
Managing Your Personal Finances in Tough Times

June 20, 2011
The CFS 2011 Webinar Series Premiered February 15th

June 20, 2011
CFS Researcher Presenting at UW-Madison La Follette Seminar

June 20, 2011
CFS’ J. Michael Collins Receives MacArthur Foundation Funds for Housing Research

June 20, 2011
New York City to Support Financial Education Centers

June 20, 2011
Financial Coaching Training April 8th in Stevens Point, WI. Register Now!

June 20, 2011
Tuesday, February 15th Marks the Kickoff of CFS 2011 Webinar Series

June 20, 2011
UW-Madison Consumer Science Department featured in CFP Board Grant Recipient Profile

June 20, 2011

Family Geography: Proximity and Caregiving - Robert Pollak Presents at IRP Seminar

pollak This Thursday, as part of the Financial Literacy and Disability Project, Robert Pollak will give a talk Family Geography: Proximity and Caregiving. The Financial Literacy and Disability Project is co-sponsored by the Center for Financial Security, the Institute for Research on Poverty, and the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Robert Pollak is the Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Arts and Sciences and Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and has long worked on family bargaining issues.

The Seminar will be held:

Thursday, May 12 12:15pm - 1:30pm
8417 Sewell Social Sciences
UW-Madison Campus