Benefits21

Setting a Vision for a More Integrated System of Public and Workplace Benefits

This blog post summarizes the key takeaways from the Idea Refinery and points the way toward a more integrated system.

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Highlighting Innovative Actions to Improve Public Benefits Delivery

Examples of state agencies and partners enhancing and expanding public benefits delivery.

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“Find People Where They Are”: Four Experts on the Value of Person-Centered Practices in Benefits Design and Delivery

To understand the importance of person-centered insights to the benefits delivery process, Aspen FSP asked individuals to share their own experiences. 

Insurance Against Financial Shocks: The Next Frontier of Financial Inclusion

Learn about the opportunities for increasing the number of Americans who can benefit from insurance coverage when dealing with financial shocks.

Weathering the Storms: Modernizing the U.S. Benefits System to Support Household Financial Resilience

This paper is intended to help set a foundation for the critical action and innovation needed to create an inclusive and equitable system of benefits that ensures the financial resilience of all households.

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.

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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.

2022 Benefits Scorecard

A new framework to assess how both public and private benefits to support workers’ financial security needs.

Moving from Experimentation to the Mainstream: Policy Options to Automate Workplace Emergency Savings

In this brief we seek to illuminate policymakers’ opportunities to help make emergency savings both automatic and inclusive.