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Benefits 21 Archive

Reimagining a U.S. Benefits System That Supports All Workers: Five Key Takeaways from Public and Private Benefit Leaders

This rapporteur’s report features 5 key takeaways from our 2022 Benefits21 Forum.

Financial Security at the Core: Building a Benefits Infrastructure Supporting Connection, Care, and Confidence for All Workers

This report identifies a starting point for building a core set of benefits that all workers need to support their well-being and live economically dignified lives.

Is Build Back Better the Start of a Benefits Reset for Workers?

After months of negotiations, the House seems poised to pass the bill by Thanksgiving.

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Building the Tech-Enabled Safety Net: Public Benefits and Innovation Amid COVID-19

A Call to Reimagine Work and Benefits to Ensure All Workers Attain Financial Security

How must work and benefits be redesigned so that all workers—including those earning low and moderate wages or in nonstandard arrangements and others left out of private benefit systems—can meet their expenses, withstand financial shocks, and save for the future?

American Rescue Plan Signals What is Needed to Create a US System of Benefits Grounded in the Financial Security of all Workers

The American Rescue Plan signals the importance of taking a more holistic approach to supporting household financial security and the potential of such approach on ensuring households recover, in a more equitable way, from this pandemic.

“Come Live in My Shoes” – Surveying SNAP & Fresh EBT Users in the Pandemic

Aspen FSP’s interview on understanding how people receiving SNAP have fared over the past year – and exploring the messages that those people have for policymakers.

Social Listening: Covid-19, Social Media, and The Path to a Better Safety Net

During the pandemic, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and other online platforms have united people in frustration and celebration, and have created a valuable repository of guidance, user complaints and insights, and ideas for policy reform.

Benefits21: A Modernized System of Benefits is the Foundation for an Inclusive Economy

A growing percentage of our workforce is disproportionally excluded from workplace benefits and often rely on a public system of benefits that is complex, fragmented, and not designed to meet their needs.

Stress Test: People, Technology, and the Safety Net In Response To Covid-19