“I carry a really heavy load as a single mom. There’s no one else—everything is on me. So it helped ease my burden a lot when I started getting the monthly child tax credits last year.”
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What does a successful guaranteed income program look like? Jackson might have the answer
Last week, Springboard invited the moms to share their stories about the program and Black motherhood more broadly during a live storytelling event.
This basic income program gives no-strings-attached cash to moms living in extreme poverty
In 2021, Magnolia Mother’s Trust—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—gave $1,000 a month to its third cohort of Mississippi Black moms in extreme poverty, helping them pay their bills, buy food, and save for emergencies.
The Big Money Myths
If you don’t feel great about the way you deal with money or how much you know about the intricacies of finance, you’re not alone. Our culture encourages excessive consumption, financial systems were designed to be complicated, and money myths are hard to escape.
A salute to women who embrace the role of community ‘mother’
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How Cash Payments Changed Low-Income Americans’ Lives
Cash was key to tackling US inequality during Covid-19. But for women who received monthly guaranteed income, it was far more than a pandemic stopgap.