Policy Briefs & Reports
Consumer Protections
Is New Really New? Financial Technology & Its Impact on Low-Income Families
Financial technology, or fintech, is changing the way that financial services are delivered. More people are turning to apps and online platforms to access banking services,...
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Access to Banking
Memo: Financial Inclusion for People with Disabilities
Download our memo to the Financial Advisory Council for the Empowerment of People with Disabilities (FACED) that describes the unique barriers faced by people with...
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Retirement Security
Comments on Secure Choice Administrative Rules
Secure Choice, a new automatic retirement savings program in Illinois, is rolling out in 2018. As part of this, the Illinois State Treasurer proposed administrative...
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Asset Poverty
Prosperity Now Chicago Scorecard
Prosperity Now’s annual Scorecard provides a comprehensive look at families’ financial health across the United States. It assesses 50 states and the District of Columbia...
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Asset Poverty
2018 Update on Poverty in Illinois
Heartland Alliance’s Social IMPACT Research Center recently provided an update on poverty in Illinois, and found that women, people of color, and children are the most...
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Retirement Security
Equitable Access to Secure Choice
Illinois is among the first states in the nation to pass retirement savings legislation in the form of Secure Choice. With the implementation of Secure Choice, workers in...
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Asset Poverty
Prosperity Now 2018 Illinois Scorecard
Prosperity Now’s annual Scorecard provides a comprehensive look at families’ financial health across the United States. It assesses 50 states and the District of Columbia...
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Children's Savings Accounts
Building Brighter Futures: Children’s Savings Accounts in Illinois
Building Brighter Futures: Children’s Savings Accounts in Illinois, a report from Heartland Alliance’s Social IMPACT Research Center and IABG, has found that Universal...
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Retirement Security
Comment Letter: Proposed Safe Harbor Rules for Secure Choice
IABG submitted the following comment letter on behalf of our partners to the Deparment of Labor in response to their Proposed Safe Harbor Rule (RIN 1210-AB71) The Illinois...
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