Policy

IABG aims to address the expanding racial wealth gap and high levels of asset poverty by building awareness, promoting best practices and advocating for policy change that support a permanent path toward economic stability for working families in Illinois.

We currently work on the following issues: removing barriers to savings created by asset limits on recipients of public benefits, increasing access to safe financial products and practices among low-income communities, regulating preadatory lending products, increasing access to retirement savings accounts for low-income workers, creating univeral children's savings accounts, and closing the racial welath gap.