Expanding Child Development Accounts for Educational Success and Lifelong Asset Building
Washington University
- Program Education
- Program Area Graduating High School College & Career Ready
- Grant Amount $300,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2012–December 31, 2013
- Location St. Louis, MO, United States
- Geographic Focus United States
About this grant
This grant provides support for Washington University’s research, communications and policy development work on children’s savings account strategies at the state and national levels. In the short-term, the grantee’s goal is to increase the amounts families save for their children’s education and, in doing so, increase postsecondary education access and completion rates, particularly among low- to moderate-income students. Long-term, the grantee views children’s savings accounts as the first phase of a save and invest society, where domestic social policy includes lifelong saving opportunities and other asset-based policies that drive social protection (especially education), economic development, and financial security goals.