Wicker Hosts Roundtable on Childhood Investment Accounts

Wicker Hosts Roundtable on Childhood Investment Accounts
April 7, 2026
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JACKSON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., hosted a roundtable discussion focusing on new childhood investment accounts today in Jackson, Mississippi. The childhood investment accounts were created in the 2025 Working Families Tax Cut law, and they provide a free $1,000 investment account to all Americans born from 2025 through 2028. In Mississippi, when parents open an account for children born from 2014 through 2024, it will come seeded with a $250 contribution, thanks to a generous donation from Michael and Susan Dell.
“Every parent should open a childhood investment account for their child. This money could support a college education, an entrepreneurial dream, or a retirement fund. I thank every panelist who joined me today. I am eager for us all to spread the word about these accounts, which can help set up every child in Mississippi for financial success.”
Senator Wicker was joined at the roundtable by John Horhn, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi; Selena Swartzfager, President of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education; R.K. Moore, Senior Pastor at Stronger Hope Church; Jerome Brown, Executive Vice President at Renasant Bank; Dr. Amanda Nicols, MD, Obstetrician-Gynecologist; Jermesha Spiller, legal secretary at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP; and Dr. Joshua Hendrickson, Professor of Economics at The University of Mississippi.
In March, Senator Wicker
wrote a column
about these Childhood Investment Accounts.
To learn more about the Childhood Investment Accounts, click
here
.
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