Resources - Guaranteed Income Community of Practice

Guaranteed Income and the Fight to End Hunger

In advance of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health planned for September 2022, Economic Security Project prepared this memo on the links between guaranteed income and ending hunger, with insight and recommendations from the GICP.

Ms. (2021)

Front & Center

A groundbreaking new series in Ms., Front and Center offers first-person accounts of Black women living in extreme poverty, who are taking part in the Magnolia Mother’s Trust which gives recipients a guaranteed income of $1,000 per month for 12 months.

Income Movement (2022)

Pilot Community Engagement Program

A hub of resources and tools for basic income pilot organizations and leaders to use in building successful pilots that maximize opportunities for deep community engagement.

Economic Security Project (2022)

Cash As Care: Healthy Moms. Healthy Families. Healthy Communities.

Argues why a federal guaranteed income is a compelling public health policy, especially for women of color.

Shriver Center on Poverty Law & Economic Security Project (2022)

Guaranteed Income: States Lead the Way in Reimagining the Social Safety Net

Documents states' guaranteed income leadership, efforts, and innovation

Economic Security Project (2021)

In Celebration of Black Moms: Cash as Care.

Guaranteed income is not a new idea, but we believe it should be targeted toward one of the most structurally disadvantaged groups in the US: Black women, specifically Black moms.

Arlington Community Foundation (2020)

Video: The Cliff Effect in Arlington, VA

Shows the impact of the drop off in eligibility for subsidies for health care, food, child care, transportation or housing that working low-income families experience with even a minor rise in earnings.

Guaranteed Income Community of Practice (2022)

Federal Benefits Protection Working Group

The GICP Federal Benefits Protection Working Group convened to conduct research, propose solutions, and devise a strategy to protect public benefits for guaranteed income recipients.

Guaranteed Income Community of Practice (2022)

Disbursement Options Factsheet

A review of disbursement partners to assist with guaranteed income programs, and a series of questions to help select the right partner.

TEDxJackson 2019

Society Flourishes When We Invest in Our Most Vulnerable

Using her passion and singular focus on the actual needs of society's most vulnerable, Aisha Nyandoro marshaled resources to create an unprecedented guaranteed income pilot program.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2021)

San Francisco Guaranteed Income Pilot for Artists: Learning and Insight from Design to Launch

Highlights preliminary lessons and insights gleaned from one of the nation’s first guaranteed income pilots for artists.

Guaranteed Income Community of Practice (2021)

The State of the States: From Local And Community Initiatives To State Legislation

A summary of state efforts to advance guaranteed income.