Latest
Big ideas, bold solutions. Explore the latest research, analysis, and policy insights from our experts.
How Do You Weather a Short-Term Financial Crisis?
The shutdown showed it's not just the poor who are financially insecure. It's also middle-class Americans. CSAs would address that.
‘Give People Money’ Comes to Child Savings
How Senator Cory Booker is introducing legislation that'd apply the idea of universal basic income to household wealth.
Greg Kaufmann Joins Family-Centered Social Policy
House Republican Tax Plan Combines Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and 529 College Savings Accounts
The House Republican plan for altering the tax system includes a proposal to combine Coverdell accounts and 529 accounts.
New America’s Mapping Financial Opportunity Project Wins Data Visualization Award
Mapping Financial Opportunity received a 2017 APDU Data Viz Award for exceptional analysis and visualization of public data.
Treasury Department’s Decision to Close Down the myRA Program
Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it is phasing out the myRA program and will not be accepting new enrollments.
The Financial Diaries
The traditional narrative of the American Dream has all but become an American myth.
The Power of Engaging Parents as Leaders
COFI builds the leadership, power and voice of low-income parents to improve life opportunities for children and families.