The Cost Burden: Examining the Daily Lives of Working Americans
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Is Having a Job Enough?

Information provided by ”The Complete Financial Lives of Workers: a Holistic Exploration of Work and Public and Workplace Benefit Arrangements,” Sheida Elmi & Financial Security Program, The Aspen Institute.
What is the financial state of the American worker?
What are the financial decisions people make in the short term that will have lasting impact on their financial futures?
What are the policies in place that prohibit people from getting ahead?
For many in our nation and region, working full-time and having a job is still not enough to make ends meet. The inflation that our country is experiencing now is only exacerbating a financial trend that has existed for a long time, the cost burden among the working poor and the benefits cliff many Americans experience when attempting to elevate their financial position.
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HFLA Annual Sponsor
The Good Community Foundation
Presenting Sponsor
Sustaining Sponsor
Charles M. and Helen M. Brown Memorial Foundation in memory of Judge Raymond Pianka
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Supporting Sponsors
The Andrews Foundation The Edelman Family
Irwin Lowenstein & Heather Ross Lowenstein
Elie Weiss & Sara Hurand
Education Sponsors
Michele & Ben Katz Jackie & Fred C. Rothstein
Eric & Isabel Kaston
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Jonathan & Ellen Brown Warren & Diane Farr
Lorie Gelb & Mark Silverman
Steve & Sandy Laserson
Hermine & David Ostro
Baiju & Koyen Shah
Carol & David Willen
Jill Miller Zimon & Jeff Zimon