ERIC Number: ED638320
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 68
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How Children's Savings Account Programs Can Support Black and Latine Students. Case Studies
Hannah Thomas; Armando Vizcardo; Eliza Kean; Meryl Finkel; Shira Markoff; Erin Thiemann; Oliver Robinson
Abt Associates
Over the past decade, Children's Savings Account (CSA) programs have proliferated across the United States. CSA programs pair long-term savings and investment accounts with other supports to help families pay for post-secondary education. The goal of most CSA programs is to increase participants'--especially those from low-income households--post-secondary enrollment and completion. Within that broader aim, many programs also have goals around addressing barriers for Black and Latine participants to accessing and completing post-secondary education. However, there has been only limited research into how CSA programs are supporting Black and Latine participants. To begin to address this research gap, "Abt Associates" and "Prosperity Now" conducted research in 2020-21 with four CSA program sites. The four case studies explore what the programs are doing to address challenges faced by Black and Latine students in engaging with CSAs and ultimately accessing and completing post-secondary education.
Descriptors: Money Management, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Barriers, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Abt Associates. 4550 Montgomery Avenue Suite 800 North, Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel: 301-347-5000; Fax: 301-634-1801; Web site: http://abtassociates.com
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Abt Associates, Inc.; Prosperity Now
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston); Michigan; California (Oakland); Kansas (Kansas City); Missouri (Kansas City)
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