KIDS & MONEY Tribune.com Here are some survey statistics that raised my eyebrows: Nearly 60% of the parents receiving the monthly child care tax credits plan to put the extra income into their children’s college savings accounts. In addition, the majority of them — 72% — said they will park Continue Reading...
Fox 5 New York: Good Day New YorkSeptember 15, 2021 CSF Chair Vivian Tsai appeared live on this morning news segment on Child Tax Credits and strategies to help families save for higher education using 529s. https://youtu.be/-6G5ROqMsc0 Continue Reading...
Parents are taking advantage of the child tax credit to shore up college savings TIM GRANT | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | tgrant@post-gazette.com Families that don’t need the advance child tax credits to pay for everyday household expenses like utility and medical bills are using the extra income to boost their children’s Continue Reading...
June 2 - WRNE-AM Host Robert Hill interviewed CSF Chair Vivian Tsai on the findings of the CSF Youth Survey: the broader array of higher education options that high school students are choosing and how they can use 529s to pay for them. Continue Reading...
CSF Chair Vivian Tsai spoke on Money Sense Radio, airing May 30th and June 5 on WISN AM 1130 hosted by Ellenbecker Investment Group. She addressed CSF's findings from its recent Youth Survey on how high school students are looking at the costs and a wider range of options in Continue Reading...
May 28 - On the eve of National 529 Day, CSF Chair Vivian Tsai spoke about CSF's findings from its 2021 Youth Survey -- how high school students across the country are saving and using 529s to fund higher education goals which include career and technical schools and apprenticeships. Continue Reading...
More high school students are rethinking their college plans due to financial stress caused by pandemic TIM GRANTPittsburgh Post-Gazettetgrant@post-gazette.com May 26, 2021 High school students across the country are emerging from a year of COVID-19 shutdowns with a shift in their mindset concerning higher education as the majority of them are Continue Reading...
Steve Rosen directed his readers to CSF for our list of members' variety of online gifting tools, crowdfunding platforms, e-gift cards, and downloadable gift certificates. He cited California’s ScholarShare529 as an example by allowing account holders to establish a gifting portal profile and share it with family and friends by email or Continue Reading...
CSF Chair Vivian Tsai told Arizona listeners how to advise their friends and family to contribute funds to a child's 529 higher education plan. She discussed their tax advantages, their flexibility and their easy access for holiday gifting. Continue Reading...
CSF Chair Vivian Tsai was quoted in reporting on the findings of CSF's survey of parents and the economic impact of COVID-19 on their finances and how that affects students' college choices. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/16/as-covid-upsets-family-finances-college-students-rethink-their-dreams.html Continue Reading...