Read the new report, In Celebration of Black Moms: Cash as Care. This report outlines the recent data on the positive effects of a guaranteed income on health, family and extended relationships, and overall wellbeing and the current landscape of guaranteed income pilots focused on mothers.
The Magnolia Mothers Trust
Universal basic income is here—it just looks different from what you expected
How the pandemic took the concept of universal basic income out of Silicon Valley’s hands—and turned it into something far more radical.
Mississippi program is pioneering a new way to empower mothers and lift families out of poverty
Messages to Mom: We Have Your Back (with Rep. Katie Porter, Nicole Lynn Lewis, Dr. Aisha Nyandoro and Tamara Ware)
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.”
More Cities Are Handing People Cash With No Strings Attached: Here’s Why
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.”