“Being part of the Magnolia Mother’s Trust has really lifted a burden off my shoulders as a mom. Before I would have to scrape together the money or ask for help from family to be able to do simple things like buy school supplies.”
The Magnolia Mothers Trust
Front and Center: “Being Part of the Magnolia Mother’s Trust Has Lifted a Burden Off My Shoulders as a Mom”
With BBB In Doubt, A Push for Guaranteed Income for Low-Income Families
For people who were already struggling financially before the pandemic, lack of access to savings meant that losing a job could quickly become catastrophic.
Front and Center: Two Years After Receiving Guaranteed Income, This Family Is Still Feeling the Benefits
“The payments have been really helpful in paying for all the dues my kids have—my daughter’s choir and band, my son’s band uniforms and fees, that’s $500 right there.”
Equalizing Entrepreneurial Power: How Guaranteed Income Can Spur Black Innovation
Dr. King’s dream of economic justice and his fight for an economic Bill of Rights is getting new life in his childhood neighborhood, Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. That’s where Georgia recently launched a guaranteed income pilot program,
In Mississippi, a long-running guaranteed income program is helping Black mothers
In the U.S. 30% of families headed by Black mothers live below the poverty line. But one initiative in Mississippi is trying to address that problem with a guaranteed income program called Magnolia Mother’s Trust.