Date: March 17, 2015
Description: To coincide with the release of A Fragile Balance: Emergency Savings and Liquid Resources for Low-Income Consumers, the Center for Financial Security hosted a webinar about emergency savings.
The webinar featured four contributors to the book:
- J. Michael Collins, the Center for Financial Security Faculty Director and editor of A Fragile Balance.
- Ezra Levin, Associate Director of Government Affairs at the Corporation for Enterprise Development and author of the chapter “Upside Down:The Failure of Federal Tax Policies to Support Emergency Savings.”
- Jessica Dorrance, Research Associate at UNC Center for Community Capital and co-author of the chapter “Building Emergency Savings Through ‘Impulse Savings.'”
- Ingrid Holguin, Savings Program Director at Opportunity Fund and author of the chapter “Start2Save: Helping Working Families Meet Unexpected Expenses and Opportunities.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security 