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:

newschool.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cBqhn-N9RsCF7pZAQ2-XLQ#/registration

#BabyBonds

📻 📰📢 Signed up for Trump Account? Watch my feed tonight I am going to break it all down for ya

#TrumpAccounts #MinorityWealth #FinancialLiteracy #WealthGap #GenerationalWealth #BabyBonds #FamilyFinance #BlackWealth #LatinoWealth #InvestInKids #FinancialFreedom #SaveForFuture #SmartMoney #EndPoverty

In Lucy Marcil’s Science Politics piece, she discusses how #babybonds (a.k.a. government-funded #investment accounts) can improve long-term #health and well-being by strengthening #family wealth. 🍼💰

sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/01/b...

♥️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

Baby Bonds for Black and Brown Babies? Morning Mimosas · Episode

Need something hopeful to listen to this morning? ☕✨

CFI sat down with Holly Sisa on the Morning Mimosas podcast to talk about the fight to bring #babybonds to Colorado—a big idea that could help kids from low-wealth families build real opportunities. 🌱💰

🎧 Listen Here: https://ow.ly/zbqb50XHyzh

Why Wealth Matters: Lessons from My Father and the Case for Baby Bonds in Massachusetts  - Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy By Adam Jones | November 2025 My father, Rev. Dr. Ernest H. Jones, was a pillar of his community. He was a minister and, for most of my childhood, the pastor of a multiethnic Baptist congregation in B...

Love this piece from MassBudget's Adam Jones on the role wealth (or its absence) plays in the long arc of people's lives. Personal and policy poignant. racepowerpolicy.org/2025/11/why-... #BabyBonds @massbudget.bsky.social

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

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

ncnewsline.com/2025/07/21/r...

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

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Starting in 2025, every US baby will get $1,000.
The money goes into a tax-deferred account tied to the stock market.
Parents won’t need to lift a finger—it’s automatic.
Smart move or too little, too late?
#WealthWaveDigest #FinancialFuture #BabyBonds #GenerationalWealth #InvestingEarly #StockMarket

🥗 #UBI #guaranteedincome #babybonds #paidfamilyleave #universalprek #universalchildcare #universalhealthcare
And more

"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

Port: Whatever happens in Congress, North Dakota should do its own 'Trump accounts' "Starting each child born to North Dakotans off with $1,000 in a Bank of North Dakota account would be affordable for the taxpayers and profoundly impactful for young adults," Rob Port writes.

#BabyBonds are the way to go!

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.

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

Our CEO @annlynhall.bsky.social authored an oped in @thenewmexican.bsky.social, emphasizing the importance of initiating financial education and savings habits from a young age. She advocates for programs like #CSAs and #BabyBonds as tools to help families build generational wealth and stability.

Wealth-Building Policy 101 - Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy Signe-Mary McKernan of the Urban Institute discusses the core principles and evidence-based impacts of early wealth-building trusts and accounts—including Baby Bonds and child savings accounts.

"People need both income and wealth to thrive."

New on our #BabyBlogs, Signe-Mary McKernan of @urbaninstitute.bsky.social spoke with us about the core principles and evidence-based impacts of early wealth-building trusts and accounts, including #BabyBonds.

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.

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:

We want to take a moment to celebrate Nichelle Gilbert and all she has accomplished during her time as ED at #PartnershipforCommunityAction. Her leadership, passion, and dedication have been instrumental in driving meaningful change, including leading the charge to bring #BabyBonds to #NewMexico!

Baby-Bonds: Legislators look to establish publicly funded child trust accounts A bill making its way through the roundhouse is aimed at giving New Mexico children a leg up when it comes to financial independence.

Lawmakers are advancing the Children’s Future Fund & Act (HB7), a proposal to establish publicly funded savings accounts to help set #NewMexico kids on a path to financial security. Learn more about how this initiative could shape the future: heyor.ca/W0vGBU

#BabyBonds

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 ...

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

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...

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

🍼 #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

“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...

Investing in People: Baby Bonds in Rhode Island - Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy In this installment of Baby Blogs, Rhode Island General Treasurer James A. Diossa outlines a new Baby Bonds proposal, advanced in partnership with Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee, and describes how...

New on our #BabyBlogs, Rhode Island General Treasurer James Diossa outlines a new #BabyBonds proposal in Rhode Island, advanced in partnership with Governor Daniel McKee, and describes how this investment in people will provide hope—and pay dividends.

Read more: racepowerpolicy.org/2025/02/inve...

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.

“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...

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.”

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...

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

Everyone Needs A Trust Fund | NOEMA “Baby bonds” can provide young adults with the seed money needed to invest in their futures.

A tremendous honor publishing the following piece on baby bonds with Sir Julian Legrand for @noemamag.com
Cc @lseinequalities.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social @brookings.edu
#inequality #babybonds #CapitalDeDépart
www.noemamag.com/everyone-nee...

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...

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.
racepowerpolicy.org/2024/12/a-gu...