How to expand middle-class college savings

in the news | January 30, 2015

The Hill

New America:

Pioneering work by Ray Boshara of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and the New America Foundation has led to numerous innovations by states and nonprofits to increase access to 529 accounts and match the contributions made by low-income savers.

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