Position Priorities
- Budget and credit counseling
- Asset building and savings policy
- Financial security
- Financial planning, education and coaching
- Team Co-Chair: Family Financial Education
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Education from Miami University
- Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University
- Ph.D. in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University
Highlights of current Work and Relationships to Family Living Programs
- Savings at tax time. Working with community-based tax preparation programs
to promote savings, banking and other financial services at tax time.
- Research on low-income financial issues. Support for conducting surveys and
tracking financial indicators of lower-income families in credit counseling or
other financial services.
- Foreclosure prevention. Support for developing and evaluating community
foreclosure prevention collaboratives.
- Family financial security. Michael is director of the Center for Financial
Security with a focus on policies and programs which promote families to
accumulate financial assets and successfully manage debt.
Contact J. Michael at:
J. Michael Collins
Assistant Professor, Consumer Science
Faculty
Director, Center for Financial Security
Extension Specialist Family
Financial Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1305 Linden Drive,
360 Middleton Bldg.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-0369
Fax:
608-265-6048
Email: jmcollins@wisc.edu |
