Rhode Island will create a "Baby Bonds" program for newborns in low-income families enrolled in RI Works. The program will provide $3,000 bonds for eligible newborns, projected to grow to ...

Gov. Ned Lamont with children at the Bridge Family Resource Center in West Hartford after an update on the baby bonds program. Credit: MARK PAZNIOKAS / CTMIRROR.ORG Each of the 7,810 babies born to ...

State Treasurer Shawn Wooden and Gov. Ned Lamont in August 2018. Wooden championed the CT Baby Bonds program, but opposition from the administration kept it from getting off the ground. New Treasurer ...

WEALTH GAP. ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, NEARLY 80% OF WHITE HOUSEHOLDS HERE IN MARYLAND ARE HOMEOWNERS, WHILE ONLY ABOUT HALF OF BLACK HOUSEHOLDS IN MARYLAND OWN A HOME. SOME LEADERS HERE IN MARYLAND ...

In 2023, Connecticut became a national leader when it launched its “baby bonds” program, an experiment that seeks to help vulnerable communities and close the state’s racial wealth gap. Two years ...