Resources - Guaranteed Income Community of Practice

Economic Security Project (2023)

Cash Policy Talking Points

The following is intended as general guidance when communicating with the public.

Change Consulting (2023)

Rapid Crisis Communications GICP Training

Learn how to better prepare for rapid response and crisis communications, including identifying scenarios in advance, preparing the response team, and establishing processes.

Change Consulting (2022)

Using Your Story to Drive Change

A 75-minute video training led by Change Consulting to learn to tell a story about yourself, the community you organize with, and motivate others to join in creating the change we seek. You will learn the basics of story structure and how stories are used as an organizing tool; how to use the public narrative model -- a framework developed by Marshall Ganz; develop your own “story of self” that connects you to this work and practice sharing it with others; collaborate on the “story of us” and the “story of now”; and have the opportunity to practice with the group.

Change Consulting (2022)

Communication 101

A 75-minute video training led by Change Consulting on how to build a communications strategy including identifying goals and audiences, and mapping out strategies to accomplish the goals of your communications plan.

Economic Security Project (2023)

Storytelling Guide for Guaranteed Income Advocates

Through telling your story at a community event, in media coverage, or at a legislative hearing, you have the power to shape the narrative.

Inclusive Economy Lab (2023)

A FIRST LOOK: Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot

The Inclusive Economy Lab team released its First Look at the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot which presents a snapshot of study participants’ demographic characteristics, their needs and priorities at baseline, and their mental and physical health for the month prior to application (which was April 2022). Sprinkled throughout the report are also snippets from baseline qualitative interviews.

Economic Security Project (2022)

An Examination of Cash Transfers in the U.S. and Canada

This literature shows the promise of bold, permanent cash transfer policy in fighting economic precarity and creating a more just economy.

Benefits Protections Fact Sheet (2022)

Benefits Protections Fact Sheet

This factsheet assesses the current state of benefits waivers and exemptions based on advocacy and learnings from the Guaranteed Income Community of Practice

Marin Community Foundation and Social Policy Research Associates (2022)

MOMentum’s Interim Report (Spanish)

The MOMentum’s (Marin’s Guaranteed Income Demonstration Project) Interim Report shares the research that was conducted 6 months into the pilot and consists of the qualitative findings from interviews with 30 MOMentum participants who graciously spent 30 minutes discussing their program experiences with SPR staff. The brief 2-page report highlights the findings of those interviews.

Marin Community Foundation and Social Policy Research Associates (2022)

MOMentum’s Interim Report (English)

The MOMentum’s (Marin’s Guaranteed Income Demonstration Project) Interim Report shares the research that was conducted 6 months into the pilot and consists of the qualitative findings from interviews with 30 MOMentum participants who graciously spent 30 minutes discussing their program experiences with SPR staff. The brief 2-page report highlights the findings of those interviews.

The Women's Foundation and Thriving Providers Project (2022)

List of Common Words Used in the Colorado Direct Cash Transfer Community of Practice (Spanish & English)

A list of common words used in the community of practice that have been translated into Spanish.

Impact Charitable (2022)

Best Practices Report for Direct Cash Transfers

This report is intended to guide direct cash transfer initiatives as they design new initiatives. Our hope is that these best practices leverage what’s been done well in the past in order to make room for learnings that impact the future.