This report and brief summarizes outcomes from the 2012-2015 Appalachian Savings Project. The Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) developed the project to improve the financial security of childcare workers in the mid-Appalachian regions of Ohio and West Virginia. The project aimed to promote participants’ financial security by encouraging them to save through two components:
- Simulating a refundable Saver’s Credit by providing a 50% savings match, up to a match of $500 each year.
- Connecting them to a product well suited to small dollar savers, Series I U.S. Savings Bonds. Going forward, WISER will promote the new myRA product rather than savings bonds for the reasons discussed later in this brief.
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