Policy Briefs & Reports
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...
Read moreProsperity 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...
Read moreBuilding 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...
Read moreComment 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...
Read moreRacism’s Toll: 2016 Report on Illinois Poverty
Our long history of racist public policies and institutional practices have left people of color in Illinois with limited resources to build financial security for themselves...
Read moreCFED 2016 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard: Illinois
CFED’s 2016 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard offers the most comprehensive look available at American’s ability to save and build wealth, fend off poverty and...
Read moreNo Right Turn: Illinois’ Auto Title Loan Industry and its Impact on Consumers
Illinois consumers are increasingly turning to high-cost automobile title loans (title loans) in an attempt to make ends meet, but becoming trapped in debt. Title loans are...
Read morePayday Loan Video
This video, created by the Woodstock Institute, features Christine, a Chicago resident & Heartland Alliance participant who shared her experience with payday loans.
Read morePrepaid Card Recommendations Letter
More and more people are using prepaid cards, yet it is a highly unregulated industry. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2014 report Why Americans Use Prepaid...
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