
Support Children’s Savings Account Funding
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Read moreBuilding Brighter Futures: Children’s Savings Accounts in Illinois, a report from Heartland Alliance’s Social IMPACT Research Center and IABG, has found that Universal Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs), which are accounts opened at birth intended to be used towards post-secondary education, play a key role in expanding opportunities for college savings for Illinois children. CSAs would support early childhood development, increase college completion rates, strengthen families’ financial capability, and have a long-term impact on the state’s economy.
The report examines the current 529 college savings program in Illinois, Bright Start, and finds disparities across the state. Synthesizing data from focus groups and Bright Start account data from the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office, we found that:
Building Brighter Futures provides a number of federal and state policy recommendations that would make a CSA program a reality for Illinois families and remove savings barriers faced by low-income families, including:
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Read moreCall Governor Pritzker's office at 312-814-2121 and urge him to sign SB 1792, the Predatory Loan...
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