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Family Financial Skills

The Family Financial Skills program examines new pathways to help families navigate the complex financial decisions increasingly tied to major milestones of American life. From paying for college to purchasing a home, middle class families shoulder dramatically more financial risk and responsibility today than in the past. This initiative explores emerging opportunities to advance the marketplace for family financial products.

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Notable Press Coverage

March 05, 2010
Bruce Mohl
CW Editor Bruce Mohl was a guest on NECN's "Broadside" with Jim Braude on March 4 to talk about patronage in the probation department.

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By John Schneider

I sat down with Tony Broh, author of our latest report, "Planning for College: A Consumer Approach to the Higher Education Marketplace", to discuss major themes in this new research.

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By Marj Malpiede

One of the many lessons that has come out of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, if not the entire economic downturn, is the need for new thinking in the areas of financial literacy and consumer protection.  As part of new program called Family Financial  Skills, MassINC pulled together a group of experts to discuss what can be done to increase citizen’s education on financial services while addressing the increased risks families are forced to undertake. 

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