Child Development Account Research and Policy: Planning, Implementation, and Impacts of a Large Social Experiment

This webinar will explore Child Development Accounts (CDAs) as an asset-building policy innovation. CDAs invest in all children for their future development. The SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK) policy experiment is applied CDA research with important findings and policy influence. Speakers will share insights from SEED OK research design, implementation, and results; assess policy impacts in the United States and other countries; and conclude with a global vision for CDA policy. The speakers include Michael Sherraden (Washington University in St. Louis, USA), Jin Huang (Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis, USA), Li Zou (Washington University in St. Louis, USA). Irene Y.H. Ng (National University of Singapore) will moderate the discussion. Social work practitioners can use this knowledge to increase their understanding and interactions with CDAs and other asset-building policies in Singapore. Social policy makers can gain an understanding of the potential for CDAs to benefit all children and build on Singapore’s leadership in asset-based social policy. This event is co-organized by the Social Service Research Centre in the Faculty of Arts & SociaI Sciences at the National University of Singapore, the Next Age Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Center for Social Development in the Brown School at Washington University.

October 3, 2023, 8:15-9:30 PM (central U.S., GMT-5).

Learn more and register: https://nus.edu/44pVzCV