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  • Denver Basic Income Project shares results after one year of cash payments to homeless Denverites

    June 18, 2024 |

    The Denver Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver Basic Income Project has provided more than $9.4 million in no-strings-attached payments to over 800 people experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit gives participants monthly stipends that they can spend however they see fit. As a result, more participants are finding housing, building financial stability, and finding stable employment.

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  • Akamasoa: el modelo para reducir la pobreza mediante esfuerzos compartidos

    May 31, 2024 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    La experiencia de urbanización comunitaria y la reduccion de pobreza iniciada en Madagascar por el sacerdote Pedro Opeka hace 35 años está siendo replicada en un pueblo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, en Argentina. Se trabaja en tres pilares: trabajo, educación y vivienda digna como solución para salir de la pobreza extrema.

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  • How a $500 monthly stipend for families impacted children's grades and parents' sense of self

    April 18, 2024 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    A guaranteed income program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, provided 130 single caregivers who made below 80% of the local median income with $500 cash payments, no strings attached. The 18-month program, Cambridge Recurring Income for Success, helped participants increase their savings, cover emergencies, and spend more time with their children.

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  • In Georgia, a Basic Income Program's Success With Black Women Adds to Growing National Interest

    March 22, 2024 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The “In Her Hands” program from The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity (GRO) Fund provides about $850 per month for two years to 654 women living below the federal poverty line with no strings attached. Guaranteed income programs like this fight poverty and help people see benefits like having access to funds to care for themselves and their children, pursue higher education, pay off debts and catch up or get ahead on bills.

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  • Young, educated and (trying not to be) broke — how some younger borrowers see Biden's SAVE plan

    February 28, 2024 |

    Northwest Public Broadcasting |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States’ Saving on a Valuable Education plan bases enrolled borrowers’ student loan payments on their monthly discretionary income to help lower the rate. The federal government covers any interest above the minimum monthly payments, which can be as low as $0, and some of the debt will be forgiven.

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  • Can Baby Bonds Deliver on Promise to Close Rhode Island's Wealth Gap?

    February 10, 2024 |

    Rhode Island Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Connecticut and several other East Coast states are implementing baby bond programs to help children in low-income families generate wealth. The programs create trust funds for babies born into families on public health insurance that are managed by the state until they turn 18.

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  • Money clubs help displaced Nigerians create their own safety nets

    January 23, 2024 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Women at displacement camps in Nigeria are using a traditional method of saving and loaning money called Adashe to provide each other with financial support. The women in the Adashe group pool their extra money into a collective fund and split it between group members on a monthly rotation.

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  • Is requiring new apartments to include affordable units the right move for Vancouver? It's working in Redmond

    December 09, 2023 |

    The Columbian |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Mandatory inclusionary zoning policies have increased affordable housing stock in many cities across the U.S. In most cases, the policies require developers build 5-10% of new units with rents attainable for low- to median-income people, or pay a fee, which is dedicated to other affordable housing projects. In Redmond, Washington, such policy has resulted in a 42% growth of housing stock since 2010.

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  • Productive Discomfort: A Job Training Program for Single Moms That Centers Mental Health

    December 06, 2023 |

    WNYC |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    A job training program for single moms experiencing poverty, called Climb Wyoming, runs 14, 12-week training sessions per year. The program provides wraparound support for the moms alongside the skills training, including mental health support, life skills training, and help navigating the criminal justice system.

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  • Trash is a lifeline for 'los cartoneros,' Argentina's army of recyclers

    October 20, 2023 |

    Buenos Aires Times |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    People across Argentina are earning an income during a severe economic crisis by joining recycling cooperatives. Members collect recyclables off the street and are paid by the co-ops by material and weight.

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