More is Better
Outcomes to date suggest that combining workforce services with access to income supports and other financial services improves financial outcomes for cash-strapped families.
Many low-wage families have limited access to critical financial services that promote asset building. Seedco joined with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to implement the Center for Working Families (CWF) initiative for building family economic success. This learning paper focuses on Casey's CWF initiative and Seedco’s experiment to test if integrating core services is a better way to help low-income families achieve economic self-sufficiency. Experiment methodoloy and outcomes are presented.
Seedco conducted extensive research and held focus groups with low-wage workers in 2003 and found that income- and asset building supports were highly underused by low-wage workers.