William Elliott III Speaks with the Washington Post About Child Savings Accounts

Professor William Elliott III spoke with the Washington Post for an article about the new Brilliant Futures program, a child savings account program for two cohorts of students in Prince George’s County in Maryland.  

Elliott discussed how college savings programs can give participants long-term hope.  “Oftentimes when we think about poverty, we only think about the starving kid who can’t eat, not understanding that the additional problem and very significant problem with being poor is that you don’t think you have a future,” he said.