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WEBINAR: Universal Voluntary Retirement Accounts

A Financially Secure Retirement

  • In-Person
  • New America
    740 15th St NW #900
    Washington, D.C. 20005
  • 11AM – 1PM EDT

On December 14th, we co-hosted a webinar on Universal Voluntary Retirement Accounts (UVRAs) to discuss the current issues surrounding the U.S. retirement savings framework, workers’ preparedness for retirement, and the statistics supporting the need for a UVRA program for low and middle-income individuals. An overview of UVRA models was presented, including various possible UVRA program components. There was also a discussion of federal and state legislative proposals for the design of UVRA programs.

View Olivia Calderon’s presentation, or the entire webinar, here.

Co-sponsored by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, the New America Foundation, ACTS, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the Illinois Asset Building Group, the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, the Retirement Security Project, and AARP.

Participants

Dean Baker
Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

Ted Boettner
Executive Director, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy

Madge Bush
Director of Advocacy, AARP- Virginia

Gary Burris
Senior Policy Associate, Economic Opportunity Institute

Olivia Calderón
Legislative Director, California Asset Building Program, New America Foundation

David John
Principal, Retirement Security Project

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