We created our Listening to Hoosiers series in an effort to lift up voices and perspectives, capture key takeaways, and allow Hoosiers with first-hand experiences to contribute to our understanding of important issues in their own words.

Listening to Hoosiers: Leaving the Workforce Due to Disability One in four 20-year-olds will experience a significant disability before they reach retirement. Because work is generally the primary source of income for most Hoosiers, understanding the experiences of those who must leave the workforce - temporarily or permanently - due to disability is imperative to ensuring dignity and financial well-being for all.  September 2024 Download the PDF
Listening to Hoosiers: New Mothers & Medical Debt The transition to parenthood should be a joyful time, not one that is spent dealing with the financial strain of waves of medical bills. In their own words, Hoosier mothers share the causes and consequences of medical debt during pregnancy and early parenthood.  September 2024 Download the PDF
Listening to Hoosiers: Payday Lending Payday loans are short-term, extremely high-cost loans that trap borrowers in costly debt. Our interviews with Hoosiers add to the existing understanding of who borrows payday loans and why, what they know (and don't know) when they borrow, how the cycle of borrowing and reborrowing affects them, and what supports they would like to see instead. OCTOBER 2023 Download the PDF