Achieving the American Dream

Elizabeth Curtis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:48:03 -0600

On November 13, The Pew Charitable Trusts released three reports from their Economic Mobility Project. The series presents information about various aspects to economic mobility - they look at the issue from generational, racial, and gender-focused lenses. "Economic Mobility of Families Across Generations" by Julia Isaacs finds that generally adults who were in their 30s and 40s in 2000 had more income than their parents' generation. Some of this can be explained by women entering the workforce and a decrease in family size. Also, the report states that 2 out of 3 Americans have higher family incomes than their parents did, and the higher the parents' income, the higher the income of their adult children.

However, the news isn't all good... read more »

Building Wealth in Lower-Income Communities: Follow-Up

Donna Stiglmeier — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:06:35 -0600

In December, some great examples of how organizations are assiting families and communities to build wealth were presented at a Strategies Forum called, "Working Together to Build Wealth in Lower-Income Communities." (See previous blog) I wanted to highlight just a few of many insightful presentations... read more »

Financial Stability Partnership

Achieving the American Dream

Building Wealth in Lower-Income Communities: Follow-Up