Archived News

December 21, 2023 - Financial Challenges of Retired Parents of the Disabled | Squared Away Blog
June 1, 2023 - Expanded Child Tax Credit Helped Black Families | Squared Away Blog
May 18, 2023 - It Can be Tough to Stretch Social Security Over a Month | Squared Away Blog
April 18, 2023 - COVID Tested Resilience of Older Americans | Squared Away Blog
March 16, 2023 - Racial Disparities Exist in Long-term Care | Squared Away Blog
March 7, 2023 - Social Security in Multigenerational Families | Squared Away Blog
February 16, 2023 - Mental Health Care is Crucial Disability Need | Squared Away Blog
December 13, 2022 - Retiring to Care for Grandchild isn’t Unusual | Squared Away Blog
November 9, 2022 - Economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis: evidence from credit and debt of older adults | Cambridge University Press
August 15, 2022 - Housing Agencies Tend to Go Where Needed | Squared Away Blog
August 4, 2022 - People Can Spot a Scam After Seeing Fakes | Squared Away Blog
April 21, 2022 - UI Benefits Can Get Caregivers Back to Work | Squared Away Blog
March 31, 2022 - Using Home Equity Improves Retiree Health | Squared Away Blog
March 15, 2022 - High School Career Courses Keep on Giving | Squared Away Blog
February 17, 2022 - Mortgage Payoff Frees Up Money for Meds | Squared Away Blog
December 9, 2021 - Men Make Bigger Changes After Retiring | Squared Away Blog
November 23, 2021 - Studying Child Tax Credit expansion, labor force reductions among new Social Security Administration-funded projects | UW-Madison News
August 5, 2021 - Aging Minorities Struggle in Drug Treatment | Squared Away Blog
June 22, 2021 - “Immigrants’ Wealth Tied to Residency Status” | Squared Away Blog
June 3, 2021 - “Automation of Jobs Fuels Overdose Deaths” | Squared Away Blog
May 13, 2021 - “Tapping Home Equity – Retirees’ Relief Valve” | Squared Away Blog
February 9, 2021 - “Readers See Pros, Cons to Paid-off Mortgage” | Squared Away Blog
February 2, 2021 - “Wisconsin Finds Owners of Lost Pensions” | Squared Away Blog
January 14, 2021 - “Boomers Repairing their Mortgage Finances” | Squared Away Blog
October 19, 2020 - “Pandemic Could Drive More Social Security, SSI Beneficiaries to Payday Lenders” | AARP
July 31, 2020 - “Collins leads week-long workshop for junior scholars” | La Follette School of Public Affairs Newsletter
July 16, 2020 - “Second Annual Junior Scholars Intensive Training Held Virtually” | UW-Madison News
May 28, 2020 - “Moms of Kids with Disabilities Get Help” | Squared Away Blog
March 19, 2020 - “People on Disability Use Payday Loans” | Squared Away Blog
March 3, 2020 - “Pre-Retirement Debt is Rising Over Time” | Squared Away Blog
February 25, 2020 - “Have You Misplaced a Retirement Plan?” | Squared Away Blog
January 7, 2020 - “Credit Cards are the Most Stressful Debt” | Squared Away Blog
October 2, 2019 - “Junior Scholars Intensive Training Preps the Next Generation of Financial Vulnerability Researchers” | UW-Madison News
August 9, 2019 - “The Hidden Retirement Crisis: Older Americans' Debt” | Forbes

Archived Press Releases

October 2022 - University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Financial Security Awarded $3.1 Million for Research to Help Economically Vulnerable Families Read the full press release here.
October 2021 - CFS RDRC Awarded Fourth Year of Funding to Support Research on Financial Vulnerability Read the full press release here.
2021 - Building the Field of Retirement and Disability Research for the Future: Mentored Training Programs of the CFS RDRC Read the full article here.
October 2020 - UW–Madison’s Center for Financial Security Retirement and Disability Research Center Is Awarded Third Year of Funding Read the full press release here.
October 2019 - UW–Madison’s Center for Financial Security Retirement and Disability Research Center Is Awarded Second Year of Funding to Support Research on Financial Vulnerability Read the full press release here.
October 2019 - UW-Madison’s Center for Financial Security receives funding for research on financially vulnerable
Read the full press release here.