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Children's Savings Accounts
Parent Leaders, Advocates Celebrate That Children’s Savings Account Program, Signed into Law in 2019, is Finally Funded in Illinois Budget
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Amy Eisenstein, 630-878-9701, aeisenstein@heartlandalliance.org SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 9, 2022 — The Illinois General Assembly...
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Children's Savings Accounts
Support Children’s Savings Account Funding
Read more about our coalition’s effort to fully fund and equitably implement the statewide Children’s Savings Account Program in Illinois. Sign on as an...
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Children’s Savings Account Implementation Recommendations
In 2019, HB2237 was signed into law, creating a statewide CSA program in Illinois, with a $50 seed deposit provided into a 529 account for every child born or adopted in the...
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Access to Banking
2019 Legislative Roundup: Illinois Takes Steps to Help Families Build Financial Security
IABG advocates for policies that close the racial wealth divide, expand savings opportunities, and protect Illinoisans from wealth-stripping financial products and practices....
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Children's Savings Accounts
Illinois Senate Passes Children’s Savings Account Legislation
ILLINOIS CSA PROGRAM WOULD BE THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY & MAKE IT 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WOULD ENROLL IN COLLEGE On a bipartisan vote of 40-15-0,...
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Children's Savings Accounts
2019 Children’s Savings Accounts – Legislative Resources
All children should have the opportunity to thrive. A statewide Children’s Savings Account (CSA) program provides both the hope and the means to expand educational and...
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Asset Building Tools
IABG Partner Spotlight: New CSA Program at Center for Changing Lives
This is a guest blog post by Kayla Villalobos with IABG partner, Center for Changing Lives. Center for Changing Lives (CCL) believes that all people should have the economic...
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Building Brighter Futures: Children’s Savings Accounts in Illinois
Building Brighter Futures: Children’s Savings Accounts in Illinois, a report from Heartland Alliance’s Social IMPACT Research Center and IABG, has found that...
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Children's Savings Accounts
2017 Legislative Roundup
IABG advocates for policies that close the racial wealth gap, expand savings opportunities, and protects Illinoisans from predatory financial products and practices....
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