#babybonds
Perhaps instead of kvetching about birth rates we should finally get serious about taking care of the babies already being born, giving their parents the supports they need to ensure babies have all their basic needs met so they can grow and thrive.
June 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The Institute's @darrickhamilton.bsky.social joined @drpenieljoseph.bsky.social, host of the "Race and Democracy" podcast, to explore various pathways forward—including polices such as #BabyBonds and guaranteed income—in redefining wealth equity.

Listen: podcasts.la.utexas.edu/raceanddemoc...
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's time for this week's #PawsforPolicy 🐾📚

Buddy + Rosie are strong supporters of #BabyBonds. They want to share that this could close wealth gaps here in RI + help low-income kids invest in their future!

See the very bottom for more: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p... @epi-ri.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New polling shows Baby Bonds have real bipartisan support, and states are moving from "should we?" to "how do we?"

Join me March 31st to talk about giving every child a stake in their future:

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#BabyBonds
March 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
For ESP President @nataliefoster.bsky.social, hope isn’t just optimism—it’s strategic. In a new blog w/the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, she highlights progress on #BabyBonds in Vermont and Georgia, places where the consensus on cash is growing.
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A Guaranteed Inheritance - Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy
In this installment of Baby Blogs, Natalie Foster, co-founder and president of the Economic Security Project, discusses the strategic value of hope, as new Baby Bonds programs bring the promise of bui...
racepowerpolicy.org
December 17, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Sind ‚Babybonds‘ der Schlüssel für Vermögensaufbau? 👶🏻💰

„Selbst ein Lottogewinn ist schnell weg, wenn man nicht mit Geld umgehen kann. Nachhaltiger Vermögensaufbau funktioniert durch Finanzbildung“, so Heike Lehner.
February 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
March 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"Our own Yesenia Jimenez urges leaders to reject cuts to #HOPEAccounts and keep the promise to protect children in foster care and those who lost their parent to COVID.
#CABudget #BabyBonds
June 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m proud to share Securing Georgia’s Future, a report that makes the case for #babybonds as a powerful tool to close Georgia’s growing racial wealth divide.

📘 Read the report at kindredfutures.org

#gapol #economicjustice #racialwealthgap #publicpolicy #georgia
July 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“We see #babybonds as a way to address the #racialwealth gap, to provide subsidized savings for #children who wouldn’t otherwise have the ability to accumulate wealth.”

TY @repandyvargas.bsky.social Sen Feeney & Treasurer Goldberg for your leadership #mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/14/b...
Mass. economic groups press state Legislature to prioritize affordability, competitiveness - The Boston Globe
Business community lobbyists and advocates say they’re hoping Massachusetts can continue to thrive amid uncertainty about federal funding under a new presidential administration.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
♥️CA kept a promise to foster youth & kids who lost a parent to COVID with HOPE for Children Trust Accounts. Baby bonds auto-enroll youth, grow over time, and open paths to education, housing & business. Targeted justice. Launching March 2026.
#HOPEAccounts #BabyBonds #InvestInKids
December 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Institute's Demond Drummer joined WTTA to discuss findings from our #ColorOfWealth in #Chicago report and how wealth-building policies such as #BabyBonds are needed to address the structural racial wealth inequities in Chicago and beyond.

Watch: bit.ly/4kTyjG6
June 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
From pursuing a dream career to being able to properly care for a health condition – wealth provides economic agency. My good friend @darrickhamilton.bsky.social explains how programs like #BabyBonds can give young adults the foundation they need to build real, lasting economic security.
June 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Black economist & Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. member Darrick Hamilton came up with the concept of baby bonds almost 20 years ago. #incomeinequality #generationalwealth #babybonds

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Baby bonds economist says so-called Trump accounts ‘co-opted a good idea’ • NC Newsline
expert explains why Trump mega-bill accounts for newborns will chiefly benefit those who come from wealthier families
ncnewsline.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New research highlights the importance of #BabyBonds in creating long-term pathways to wealth building for children. Read more about the lessons learned from New Mexico’s Baby Bonds pilot and the importance of expanding wealth-building opportunities for future generations here: heyor.ca/1zguQ4
5 Lessons for Designing and Implementing Baby Bonds Programs
Read 5 Lessons for Designing and Implementing Baby Bonds Programs from Child Trends.
heyor.ca
May 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
“The big feature, if we want to redress wealth, is capital itself." The Institute's @darrickhamilton.bsky.social & David Radcliffe discuss #BabyBonds and its increasing popularity throughout the U.S. via @theguardian.com highlighting CA's new Baby Bond initiative. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Can baby bonds reduce childhood poverty? California thinks so
A new initiative targets 58,000 kids who lost a caregiver or were in the foster system during the Covid pandemic
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🍼 #BabyBonds targets 58,000 kids who lost a caregiver or were in the foster system during the Covid pandemic and move us one step closer to closing the racial wealth gap and eradicating childhood poverty.

Read more here! 👇

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Can baby bonds reduce childhood poverty? California thinks so
A new initiative targets 58,000 kids who lost a caregiver or were in the foster system during the Covid pandemic
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sir Julian Le Grand of the Marshall Institute and the London School of Economics spoke with us about the Children’s Trust Fund in the UK, its lessons for #BabyBonds, and the life-changing impact of early wealth-building opportunities.

Read on our #BabyBlogs:
Helping Young Things Grow - Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy
Sir Julian Le Grand, Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, discusses the Children’s Trust Fund in the UK and the life-changing impact of early wealth-building opportunities.
racepowerpolicy.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hasn't gotten much attention, but CA has quietly created the largest #BabyBonds program in the country--for foster youth & kids who lost a parent to COVID. This writer--a former foster youth herself--has been involved in creating the program and has a hell of a story. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
An inspiring new California program establishes trust accounts for certain foster youth | Opinion
Former foster youth: “In California a new program helping foster youth reminds me we can still do great things in the Golden State.”
www.sacbee.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New Mexico legislators are pushing to establish publicly funded child trust accounts through the #BabyBonds initiative, aiming to give every child a financial head start. Learn more about how this program could help build generational wealth: heyor.ca/gNxdYN
Lawmakers consider proposal to create new trust fund babies • Source New Mexico
When Karina Burciaga became a parent, she also took on a lot of worries: what should her daughter be eating, how early should she start reading, what will her future look like and what can she do now ...
heyor.ca
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Blu's Tunes
From your Pocket
$60 billion a year. 70 million per birth in some states. And who's paying? You are. "From Your Pocket" is the anthem for every taxpayer watching their paycheck fund someone else's future. No filters. No apologies. 🎸💸 #TaxTruth #BabyBonds #FromYourPocket
September 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Blu's Tunes
" Baby Bonds-Who Pays the Piper?

A thousand dollars at birth. Two thousand more for the poor. Sixty billion a year. But who's really paying? "Who Pays the Piper?" is a raw anthem about the cost of promise—and the debt we leave behind. 🎵💸 #BabyBonds #FiscalReality #WhoPaysThePiper
September 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
‘It Isn’t a Lack of Love, It’s a Lack of Resources’: Ayanna Pressley Pushes Baby Bonds as Alternative to Trump Accounts: Rep. Ayanna Pressley is warning that the Trump administration’s proposed investment accounts for… #EconomicInequality #AyannaPressley #BabyBonds #InvestmentAccounts #RacialJustice
‘It Isn’t a Lack of Love, It’s a Lack of Resources’: Ayanna Pressley Pushes Baby Bonds as Alternative to Trump Accounts
Rep. Ayanna Pressley is warning that the Trump administration’s proposed investment accounts for children could deepen economic inequality and widen the racial… The post ‘It Isn’t a Lack of Love, It’s a Lack of Resources’: Ayanna Pressley Pushes Baby Bonds as Alternative to Trump Accounts appeared first on Shine My Crown.
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September 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM