The MMT program provides more than 100 Black mothers living in extreme poverty in Jackson, Miss., a guaranteed income of $1,000 a month for a year.
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Front and Center: For Tia, Guaranteed Income Provided “A Little Push”
“It’s different when you have that little extra help. My rent went up, and that was okay, I could handle it. My car broke down, I was able to get it fixed right away. Things would happen, but I could take care of them.”
Front and Center: For Danel, Guaranteed Income Will “Make Such a Difference”
“I just want them to have a better life than I had. That’s why I push myself every single day, no matter how hard it gets.”
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Front and Center: For Nikki, Guaranteed Income Means Financial Security, Community and Hope for the Future
“Being in the Magnolia Mother’s Trust program, that’s been good for me … The thing I love the most is that we have this group chat with the other ladies, and every morning someone just says, ‘Hi, hello!’ ‘Good morning’ and I just love that. I didn’t have that before.”
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Nyandoro’s program started in 2018, way before the pandemic. It targeted moms like Tia Cunningham, who got a call from Springboard to Opportunities’ Magnolia Mother’s Trust three years ago offering her “a late Christmas present.”