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Join a webinar co-hosted by the and in partnership with the and the , to learn about ways to incorporate financial education, financial access, savings accounts, and other savings activities into FY ’11 GEAR UP applications, as well as forge partnerships that link the asset-building field with those who are creating efforts to increase educational attainment for low-income students.  is a $300 million grant program designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education, and this year, GEAR UP applicants are being encouraged to include such strategies in their proposals.

• Webinar panelists will highlight research, policies, and practices related to asset building and educational attainment. Topics will include:
• What is the impact of savings and financial literacy efforts on educational attainment?
• What asset-building policies could most facilitate the creation and expansion of college savings, financial access, and financial education programs?
• How can financial education, financial access, and savings programs be integrated into schools and communities?
• What kinds of GEAR UP partnerships could be created between state, local, nonprofit and financial institutions, and how could those partnerships be facilitated?
• What other informational and programmatic resources are available to GEAR UP applicants?

To RSVP for the webinar, please go to .

Participants

Event Presenters
Phil Martin
Assistant for Financial Education and Student Aid
U.S. Department of Education

Policy Analyst, College Savings Initiative and Asset Building Program
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Leigh Tivol
Director, Savings and Financial Security
CFED