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A Serial Entrepreneur Banks On Helping The "Unbanked." | Forbes

April 25, 2012

As a March report by the New America Foundation notes, more that 9 million Americans don't have bank accounts, and many are forced to pay steep fees for routine transactions, as a result. It's not just an absence of convenient neighborhood branches ...

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Prepaid College-Savings Plans Take Another Hit | MarketWatch

February 11, 2011

"Given where state budgets are, if something were to happen to the prepaid plan, states are not going to be in a position to put resources into helping them," says Jackie Williams, director of the college-savings initiative at the New America ...

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Prepaid College-Savings Plans Take Another Hit | The Wall Street Journal

February 11, 2011

... "Given where state budgets are, if something were to happen to the prepaid plan, states are not going to be in a position to put resources into helping them," says Jackie Williams, director of the college-savings initiative at the New America Foundation, a nonprofit policy institute in Washington, DC She was executive director of ...

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The End of Prepaid Tuition Plans? | MarketWatch

February 9, 2011

... "Given where state budgets are, if something were to happen to the prepaid plan, states are not going to be in a position to put resources into helping them," says Jackie Williams, director of the college-savings initiative at the New America Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public-policy institute based in Washington. ...

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Hurley Buys Back Savingforcollege.Com from Bankrate.Com | The Wall Street Journal

December 17, 2010

"Joe has been an important voice in the college savings industry," said Jackie Williams, director of the college-savings initiative at the New America ...

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City Gives Kindergartners Head Start on College | AsianWeek

October 12, 2010

Anne Stuhldreher, a senior fellow with the New America Foundation, noted that despite tough fiscal times, certain investments pay off. ...

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New America Foundation Commends Launch of San Francisco's Kindergarten to College Program

October 5, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mayor Gavin Newsom and Treasurer José Cisneros today announced the launch of Kindergarten to College (K2C), the nation's first universal children's savings account program. K2C will open and seed college savings accounts for every kindergartner entering public school in San Francisco. The goal is to put all school children on the path to college.

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Mayor Newsom and City Leaders Launch "Kindergarten to College" Financial Savings Program for Families | MarketWatch

October 5, 2010

... "Tough budget times ask us to more with less" said Anne Stuhldreher, of the New America Foundation. "And K2C does just that. It's a forward thinking approach ...

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Feds Fear Tax Dollars Wasted at For-Profit Colleges | Washington Examiner

August 18, 2010

... director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, speaking on a recent panel held by the New America Foundation. ...

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Congress May Tweak Some College-Savings-Plan Rules | The Philadelphia Inquirer

June 2, 2010

Jacquelyn T. Williams, director of the college savings initiative at the New America Foundation, a nonprofit and nonpartisan public policy organization, said that simply having money stashed away for college can make a difference in whether or not a child matriculates in post-secondary education. At a House discussion in mid-May, she said children with college funds are four times more likely to go to college. ...

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