Wealth-Building Policy 101

Interview with Signe-Mary McKernan | May 20, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and … Read More

Rooted: Cultivating Black Wealth in Place – Helping Residents Thrive in Their Chosen Place

By Michelle Witthaus | April 16, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and self-directed. … Read More

Our Economic Policies Have Created Two Americas. We Can Fix This.

By Zach Conine | April 14, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and self-directed. … Read More

A New Path Out of Poverty Among Advanced Economies

By Niels Planel | March 18, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and self-directed. … Read More

Investing in New Mexico’s Future: The Case for Baby Bonds

By Dr. Reilly S. White | March 18, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and … Read More

From Pilot to Policy: Baby Bonds in New Mexico

By Nichelle Gilbert | March 18, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and self-directed. … Read More

Investing in People: Baby Bonds in Rhode Island

By Rhode Island General Treasurer James A. Diossa | February 18, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, … Read More

Baby Bonds: Investing in Rural Prosperity

By Vermont State Rep. Ashley Bartley | February 18, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, … Read More

Zaiden’s Mom: What Baby Bonds Mean to Me and the Impact on My Son’s Future

By Leslie Moreno-Roacho | January 28, 2025 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and self-directed. … Read More

Baby Bonds as an Economic Development Tool: Perspectives from a Republican Municipal Leader

Interview with First Selectman Michael Freda | December 16, 2024 Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular bipartisan government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth. This “start-up capital” allows young adults to access education, home ownership, and entrepreneurship, enabling them to build wealth and lead lives that are hopeful, fulfilling, productive, … Read More