Children’s Savings Account Quarterly Conversations

National League of Cities invites you to attend 30-minute quarterly conversations on children’s savings account (CSA) programs operating throughout the country. These conversations will provide local leaders with the opportunity to learn about CSA programs, the goals each community has for its programs, and to hear directly from local municipal leaders whose communities operate or support these programs. These conversations will not be recorded.

• May 21, 2026, 2 – 2:30 PM ET
  This conversation will allow participants to learn more about the City of Los Angeles’ Children’s Savings Account program, Opportunity L.A.
• August 20, 2026, 2 – 2:30 PM ET
  This conversation will allow participants to learn more about the City of Rochester, N.Y.’s efforts to launch their own Children’s Savings Account program, R-Future Fund.

More About CSAs

Children with savings dedicated to education after high school have greater post-secondary expectations. They are more likely to see themselves achieving an education post-high school than children without targeted savings.

An evaluation of the first universal and automatic city-run Children’s Savings Account program, the City of San Francisco’s Kindergarten to College (K2C) program, has found that:

• K2C participants were 6% more likely to enroll in college than the comparison group. This increase was driven by gains among students from underrepresented groups—Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Filipino, Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaskan Native— who were 12% more likely to enroll in college than similar students in the comparison group.
• K2C participants from underrepresented groups had a 7% higher on-time high school graduation rate than the comparison group.

Participants are encouraged to review NLC’s guide on Children’s Savings Account programs and a blog post on San Francisco’s children’s savings efforts.