Baby Bonds in Georgia

Institute Director of State and Local Initiatives David Radcliffe (second from left) and Institute Founding Director Darrick Hamilton (right) with Amit Khanduri, Director of Programs (left), and Hope Wollensack, Executive Director (center), of the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund, in Atlanta, Georgia, November 2023. Photo: David Radcliffe

Legislation

HB 284: Creation of the Georgia Baby Bond Savings Plan (2025)

HR 99: Baby Bond Savings Plan Trust Fund (Resolution Proposing a Constitutional Amendment) (2025)

House Resolution 1256: House Study Committee on the Establishment of a Baby Bonds Program (2024)

Pilot Program

Freedom Futures (Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund)

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Baby Blogs

The Racial Wealth Divide Is as Wide in Some Places Today as It Was Nationwide in 1863: Here's a Solution.
By Amit Khanduri

A Guaranteed Inheritance
By Natalie Foster

News and Resources

The GRO Fund
Baby Bonds Pilot

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New Georgia Lawmakers Vow to Listen, Learn as First Session Approaches
January 1, 2025

Axios
Baby Bonds Program Could Reduce Racial Wealth Gap in Atlanta, Study Says
December 9, 2024

Axios Atlanta
Baby Bonds Program Gets Closer Look in Georgia
March 4, 2024

Atlanta Civic Circle
In Her Hands: Can Georgia's First Guaranteed Income Program Give Black Women a Lasting Economic Boost?
February 29, 2024

Atlanta Civic Circle
Could a Novel “Baby Bond” Pilot Program Help to Close Atlanta’s Racial Wealth Gap?
January 25, 2024