{"id":13473,"date":"2024-09-16T20:50:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=13473"},"modified":"2024-09-16T20:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:51:12","slug":"book-harvests-childrens-savings-account-program-presented-at-national-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2024\/09\/16\/book-harvests-childrens-savings-account-program-presented-at-national-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Harvest’s children\u2019s savings account program presented at national conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
Book Harvest, a nonprofit children’s literacy organization, presented its program offering kids\u2019 savings accounts at a national conference earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n Mary Mathew, the organization’s director of advocacy, presented at the Prosperity Summit in National Harbor, Maryland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The program, Book Babies Bright Futures, provides a children’s savings account with up to $500 to families participating in Book Babies, a childhood literacy program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Book Harvest cites research showing that having a savings account from an early age has been shown to improve a child’s educational outcome, social-emotional development and improved parenting<\/span><\/p>\n Over 180 Durham children are currently enrolled in the Book Babies Bright Futures program, according to a news release from Book Harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n Articles in The 10th Street Journal are generated by AI and reviewed by human editors.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Harvest, a nonprofit children’s literacy organization, presented its program offering kids\u2019 savings accounts at a national conference earlier this month. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-13473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-10th-street-journal","tag-the-10th-street-journal","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n