A Policy Platform to Deliver Black Reparations: Building on Evidence from Child Development Accounts

Trina R. Shanks; Jin Huang; William Elliott; Haotian Zheng; Margaret M. Clancy; Michael Sherraden

doi:10.7758/RSF.2024.10.3.05

Article Information

vol. 10 no. 3 92-111

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.3.05

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

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2377-8253

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2377-8261

History

Published online June 3, 2024.

© 2024 Russell Sage Foundation. Shanks, Trina R., Jin Huang, William Elliott III, Haotian Zheng, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden. 2024. “A Policy Platform to Deliver Black Reparations: Building on Evidence from Child Development Accounts.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 10(3): 92–111. https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.3.05. Current support for the SEED for Oklahoma Kids Experiment (SEED OK) and using evidence to inform policy comes from the Ford Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and an anonymous donor. The authors are grateful for our partnerships with the State of Oklahoma through Todd Russ, state treasurer; Randy McDaniel, Ken Miller, and Scott Meacham, former state treasurers. This work would not have been possible without the steadfast partnership over more than fifteen years with Tim Allen, deputy treasurer for communications and program administration in Oklahoma. During the implementation of SEED OK, we were grateful to James Wilbanks, former director of revenue and fiscal policy. The Oklahoma College Savings Plan Program Manager, TIAA Tuition Financing, also has been a valuable partner. We appreciate the contributions of staff at RTI International. At CSD, we are grateful to SEED OK research team members Yunju Nam, Youngmi Kim, Nora Wikoff, and SEED OK research staff from years past, including Bob Zager, Krista Taake Czajkowski, Lisa Reyes Mason, and others. The authors thank Chris Leiker and John Gabbert for editorial assistance and graphic design. Direct correspondence to: Trina R. Shanks, at trwilli@umich.edu, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States; Jin Huang, at jin.huang@slu.edu, School of Social Work, Saint Louis University, 3550 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103, United States; William Elliott III, at willelli@umich.edu, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States; Haotian Zheng, at haotian.z@wustl.edu, Washington University, MSC 1196–251–46, One Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130, United States; Margaret M. Clancy, at mclancy@wustl.edu, Washington University, MSC 1196–251–46, One Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130, United States; Michael Sherraden, at sherrad@wustl.edu, Washington University, MSC 1196–251–46, One Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130, United States. Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Author Information

Trina R. Shanks^a,
Jin Huang^b,
William Elliott III^c,
Haotian Zheng^d,
Margaret M. Clancy^e and
Michael Sherraden^f

^aThe Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work, director of the Center for Equitable Family & Community Well-Being, and director of the School of Social Work Community Engagement, at the University of Michigan, United States
^bProfessor of social work at Saint Louis University and a research professor at Washington University in St. Louis, United States
^cProfessor of social work, director of the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion, and director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science at the University of Michigan, United States
^dDoctoral student at Washington University in St. Louis and a research associate at the Center for Social Development, Washington University, United States
^eThe policy director and College Savings Initiative director at the Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
^fThe George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and the director of the Center for Social Development at Washington University, United States

Correspondence authors:
Trina R. Shanks, (trwilli{at}umich.edu), Jin Huang, (jin.huang{at}slu.edu), Haotian Zheng, (haotian.z{at}wustl.edu), Margaret M. Clancy, (mclancy{at}wustl.edu), Jin Huang, (jin.huang{at}slu.edu), William Elliott III, (jin.huang{at}slu.edu), Haotian Zheng, (haotian.z{at}wustl.edu), Margaret M. Clancy, (mclancy{at}wustl.edu), Michael Sherraden, (sherrad{at}wustl.edu)