Person-Centered Approach

Learn how work arrangements and benefits together determine if  workers will have a reasonable shot at financial security

For ideas grounded in human needs to gain political traction and to provide a safeguard against retrenchment, the interests and influence of people within our nation’s economic margins must be institutionalized within government itself.

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.

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.

Aspen FSP released a new set of practices for applying a person-centered framework to the design and evaluation of financial security policy.

Aspen FSP presents a new framework for understanding and addressing the challenges of household financial insecurity.

The importance of the ongoing act of building, using, and replenishing savings – or “the cycle of savings”-allows people to protect themselves.

We have failed to provide people with basic financial security. Black people have unequivocally faced the brunt of this failure.

Money is power. Power to keep yourself and your family safe, and to make choices with dignity and freedom.