Benefits Think Why emergency savings accounts are dominating Q4 benefit conversations

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What do you feel when you hear that 57% of Americans don’t have the funds to pay for a $1,000 emergency? Chances are, you — like me — can identify with that situation, because you might’ve been there yourself.  

When we asked workers who have lived through such a financial emergency what it felt like, they often described drowning: traumatic and all-encompassing. 

Rachel Fox
Director of business development

Rachel Fox is the director of business development at Sunny Day Fund.


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