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

    Timothy Pratt

    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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  • 'It helps with my stress': US basic income project shows signs of success

    Timothy Pratt

    August 13, 2023 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    A pilot project by a pair of nonprofits in Atlanta, Georgia, gives monthly, no-strings-attached payments of $850 to 650 predominantly Black women who are earning 200% or less of the federal poverty level. The goal of the concept, called guaranteed income, is to combat poverty while giving the recipients agency to spend the money on their specific needs.

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  • An innovative approach to criminal justice reform: Put black women in charge

    Timothy Pratt

    August 03, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, South Fulton, Georgia

    South Fulton is the only city in the U.S. to put black women in charge of its criminal justice system—from the judge, to the prosecutor, to the public defender. “The result: A focus on community policing, pretrial diversion programs and assigning public defenders to all cases.” Ultimately, the aim is to divert black people from entering the prison pipeline, and establishing a model that can be replicated in other cities.

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