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  • Can Guaranteed Income Improve The Health Of Pregnant People And Children?

    Claudia Boyd-Barrett

    March 27, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles’s city-run guaranteed income program provided 3,200 low-income participants with no-strings-attached payments of $1,000 a month to address economic inequity and the multigenerational cycle of poverty.

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  • Pay-What-You-Can Farm Stands Feed Communities Against Tough Odds

    Gabriel Pietrorazio

    March 01, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Farm stands operating on sliding-scale and pay-what-you-can models are improving access to fresh, healthy food in communities battling poverty and food insecurity. In these models, residents who can afford to pay full price are subsidizing some of the costs for residents who cannot. The rest of the funding comes from a patchwork of support.

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  • Cash-assistance programs are spreading in New York. The jury's out on what's a winning formula.

    Rebecca Redelmeier

    February 20, 2023 |

    Gothamist |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A cash assistance program by the Child Center of NY provides low-income residents with $200 monthly grants to use as they wish. The only stipulation is that they meet with the cohort of others in the program every month, too.

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  • How financial counseling at the pediatrician's office can help families thrive

    Pien Huang

    February 15, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, West Carson, California

    In an effort to improve child healthcare, a program at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center matches low-income families with financial coaches when they come in for their child’s appointments. The coaches help them address financial stressors, create long-term financial stability, and connect them to helpful resources.

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  • Can Monthly Cash Payments Make Our Economy More Equitable?

    Sonali Kolhatkar

    February 11, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Guaranteed income programs aim to reduce poverty by providing cash to those in need with no strings attached. One of these programs in New York City, The Bridge Project, focuses on helping women of color who are mothers.

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  • Climate disasters hit poor people hardest. There's an obvious solution to that.

    Sigal Samuel

    February 03, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    An effective way to help those most vulnerable to climate disasters is by providing just-in-time cash transfers right before a disaster hits for them to use as they see fit for resilience and climate change adaptation.

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  • Strawberry Week addresses period poverty, battles inflation

    Rae Daniel

    January 24, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The nonprofit Strawberry Week Society is tackling period poverty in Kansas City, Missouri, by providing free menstrual products to organizations that help those in need.

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  • Farming with a future: how social enterprise Nuup helps Mexico's smallholders to thrive

    Laura Joffre

    January 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    Nuup helps smallholder farmers in Mexico succeed through all steps of the value chain by helping them access funding, connecting them to agricultural markets, and optimizing their performance with technology and education.

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  • Universal basic income eases caregiving after incarceration

    Makaelah Walters

    January 05, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    The Just Income GNV project in Florida provides justice-impacted people with a guaranteed income for a year to help them get on their feet. All they have to do is fill out an application, get approved, and log their spending so the organizations running the program can track the results.

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  • Pawsitive impacts: Program aims to break generational cycles of poverty through pet grooming

    Mili Mansaray

    December 29, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    In Kansas City, the nonprofit Pawsperity trains parents facing financial instability to groom dogs. Students of the program learn the basics of dog grooming four days a week and like skills one day each week to help break the cycle of poverty and prepare them for a job in the field.

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