School of Social Work News

Associate Professor and Institute for Social Research Faculty Associate Trina Shanks was cited in The Huffington Post’s article, “Blank Account: The American Struggle to Save and Share”.

Associate Professor and Institute for Social Research faculty associate Trina Shanks launched Lansing SAVE (Student Account Valuing Education), a new child savings account program for low-income Lansing families. The program will enable children to have economic flexibility later in life as they establish healthy financial habits during their youth. Lansing SAVE account holders will receive in-school financial education provided by the MSU Federal Credit Union and participate in activities that will help them work towards a college education. SAVE was featured in Michigan News and the Lansing State Journal.

Associate Professor Trina Shanks wrote an article, “The Promise of Child Development Accounts: Current Evidence and Future Directions” for the Summer/Fall 2014 issue of Community Investments, “Rebalancing the American Dream: Forging Pathways to Financial Security”.

Associate professor Trina Shanks' article, "Assets and African Americans: Attempting to Capitalize on Hopes for Children Through College Savings Accounts" was published in The Review of Black Political Economy journal. 

Associate Professor Trina Shanks's new book "The Assets Perspective - The Rise of Asset Building and it's Impact on Social Policy" is available on Amazon.

Associate Professor Trina Shanks article, "Financial Education and Financial Access: Lessons Learned from Child Development Account Research" is published in a special youth economic opportunities issue of MIT Press and George Mason University's Innovations journal.