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Grow It Goal 3
Families build retirement-restricted financial assets.
Common Sense
  • Adequate retirement assets contribute to family and community stability over the long term because they reduce the amount that younger family members and government must spend on care for elders.
  • People often do not know about—or do not take advantage of—retirement contribution options available to them.
  • Personal contributions to retirement are becoming a larger portion of retirement security.
  • Retirement-restricted savings grow faster because of tax advantages.
Fast Facts
  • Nearly half of American workers—or 75 million workers—have no employer-sponsored savings plan. REF
  • Only 36% of workers participate in a “defined contribution-style savings plan.” REF
  • It is estimated that 37% of workers will have no plan savings when they reach retirement age—and that number increases to 63% among younger and low-income workers. REF

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Rural IDAs

February 26, 2010 by

Earning It isn’t enough to lift families out of poverty—they have to Keep It and Grow It too. Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are one of the most successful and tested ways to help families Keep It and Grow It. But there are special challenges and opportunities when you start and run an IDA program in a rural place. The basics […]

Filed Under: Goal 1: Families set short-term and long-term financial goals, and attain them., Goal 1: Family members establish a financial cushion by regularly building their savings over time., Goal 2: Families find, finance at competitive rates, and purchase quality homes in their communities., Goal 2: Families use reasonably priced services, accounts and products for their savings, checking and other financial transactions., Goal 3: Families build retirement-restricted financial assets., Goal 3: Families get loans they need without using predatory lenders., Goal 4: Families maintain and retain the value of any owned or inherited land and property., Goal 4: Families reduce their debt burdens and improve their credit ratings over time., Goal 5: Children of working families get high quality pre-K-to-12 schooling, and attain higher education levels that improve their family’s economic status., Grow It, Keep It, ReFresher Webinar
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