Government programs proposed as an emergency response, like unemployment insurance, SNAP and Medicaid, are also essential to helping families in need. But they’re not enough.
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Give poor people a guaranteed income and let them spend it however they please
Guaranteed income, a form of universal basic income, can boost people out of poverty. It may also become essential during the coronavirus pandemic.
What Stockton’s UBI Experiment Can Teach Us About Surviving Coronavirus
“The fact that we are even having conversations about giving people money is already showing that the system is shifting,” says Aisha Nyandoro.
Joy is untouched by circumstance
When Peers Work Together to Drive Social Change
The straightest path is to make financial capital directly available to individuals and families. For example, a nonprofit called Springboard to Opportunities used a portion of its funding stream to launch a pilot effort, Magnolia Mother’s Trust.
MLK Had a Dream of Guaranteed Income. As Mayors of 11 U.S. Cities, We Are Bringing That Dream to Life
We welcome all U.S. mayors to join our coalition to strengthen all our communities by supplementing the existing social safety net and driving forward this powerful tool for racial and gender equity.