“For too long, people with disabilities have been relegated to the margins of society,” exclaimed Megan O’Neil, Access to Assets Project Coordinator at the World Institute on Disability (WID). “Asset-building programs give people the support, selfconfidence, and opportunity to become economically self-sufficient and truly integrated into society.”

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    Publications on Children's Development Accounts

SEED Public Opinion Studies

• Public Opinion Focus Group Findings On Children’s Savings Accounts
• Public Opinion Focus Group Findings On Children’s Savings Accounts: Technical Appendix
• Public Opinion Poll On Children’s Savings Accounts: Public Support For Children’s Savings Accounts
• Public Opinion Poll On Children’s Savings Accounts: Messages For Promoting Children’s Savings Accounts
• Public Opinion Poll On Children’s Savings Accounts: Technical Appendix 1: Survey Responses
• Public Opinion Poll On Children’s Savings Accounts: Technical Appendix 2: Survey Cross Tabs

CFED Publications:

• From Piggy Banks to Prosperity: A Guide to Implementing Children's Development Accounts (September 2008)
• Why Children's Development Accounts? Arguments and Evidence to Support Long-term Asset-Building Accounts for America's Youth (August 2008)
• State-Level Children's Savings Policy: A Guide to Crafting Children's Savings Account Legislation (October 2007)
• Children's Savings Accounts: A State Policy Sourcebook (June 2006)
• Individual Development Accounts For Youth: Lessons From An Emerging Field (January 2001)

CFED Working Papers:

• Children's Savings Accounts and the Immigration Debate (October 2007)
• Pooled Accounts: A Retail Option for Children’s Saving Acounts? (April 2007)
• Financial Education as a Potential Doorway to Children’s Savings Accounts: A Strategic Opportunity for State Policy? (April 2007)
• Federal Chafee Funds and State Matched Savings Programs for Foster Youth (April 2007)
• State Creditor Protections for 529 Plans (April 2007)
• Linking Youth Savings and Entrepreneurship: A White Paper (July 2006)
• Children's Savings Accounts and Financial Aid (June 2006)
  

 Growing Knowledge from SEED:

Growing Knowledge from SEED is a quarterly bulletin that is intended to distill lessons and policy implications from the Savings for Education, Entrepreneurship, and Downpayment (SEED) Initiative.  Each edition highlights issues of importance, key challenges, and lessons learned from the experience of SEED community partners.

• August 2009: Presents at the Creation
• January 2009: Youth Savings
• November 2008: Federal Policy
•  August 2008: Messages that Advance CDAs
• April 2008: Delivering CDAs at Scale
• December 2007: Foster Youth
• August 2007: State Policy
• April 2007: Benchmark Incentives
• January 2007: Financial Aid
• November 2006: Financial Education
• August 2006: Savings Vehicles
• April 2006: Asset Limits
• February 2006: Financial Institutions  
• October 2005: Recruitment 

SEED Research:

For the latest research on SEED and Children's Development Accounts, click the links below:

Center for Social Development

New America Foundation 

SEED Universal Policy Model and Research