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Shortfall Savings: The All-Important Financial Buffer Against Volatility
June 13, 2017
Financial Security Program
EPIC has identified shortfall savings as a key tool in the toolbox for achieving financial stability. Without resources to tap into when income drops or expenses rise, families are left with few options for making ends meet. This brief explores the ways in which governments, for- and non-profit financial service providers, and employers can help low- and moderate-income households build savings for the short-term, which will help them smooth out the inevitable spikes and dips in their income and expenses.
Everyone can do something to expand housing security in their own communities. Find the robust set of solutions for effective, equitable, and sustainable housing in the full solutions framework.
This report illustrates four pillars of care: child care and early education, adult and elder care, family caregiving and self care, and professional caregiving.
This spring, the Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative (EPIC), an initiative of the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, released a study on ways to help those with student loan debt to eliminate some portion of their federal student loans.
