J. Michael Collins provides illustrations of the potential for a new wave of innovations in financial capacity building. Critical next steps include discussions about how financial education can be delivered with the goal of increasing referrals and access to services. The goal should be to design financial capacity building interventions that match the workforce, systems and clients … Continue reading Integrating Financial Capacity Building Into Public Programs
Working Papers
Attitudes to Savings and Financial Education Among Low-Income Populations: Findings from the Financial Literacy Focus Groups
The University of Wisconsin‘s Financial Literacy Research Consortium (UW-FLRC) and Jennifer Turnham from Abt Associates, Inc., conducted 18 focus groups with mostly low-income individuals to explore how community-based organizations might encourage better financial practices, including higher savings rates, among low-income and vulnerable populations. The focus groups gathered information on savings motives, practices, and attitudes as … Continue reading Attitudes to Savings and Financial Education Among Low-Income Populations: Findings from the Financial Literacy Focus Groups
Attitudes to Savings and Financial Education Among Disability-Related Population Groups: Findings from the Financial Literacy Focus Groups
Katherine Dahlem from CFS and Abt Associates, Inc., conducted eight focus groups, four with adults with disabilities receiving SSDI or SSI benefits who work or want to work, and four with parents of children receiving SSI benefits and Medicaid coverage who are aging out of the school system The purpose was to gather information about how … Continue reading Attitudes to Savings and Financial Education Among Disability-Related Population Groups: Findings from the Financial Literacy Focus Groups
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security 