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Journal of Urban Health (2023)

Impact of Guaranteed Income on Health, Finances, and Agency: Findings from the Stockton Randomized Controlled Trial

A mixed-methods randomized controlled trial in Stockton, CA, USA enrolled 131 individuals to the treatment condition and 200 to control to receive a guaranteed income from February 2019 to January 2021. This study provides causal evidence of positive health and financial outcomes for recipients of guaranteed income. As income volatility is related to poor health outcomes, provision of a guaranteed income is a potentially powerful public health intervention.

Columbia Journal Of Race And Law Article (2022)

Building a Guaranteed Income to End the “Child Welfare” System

It is time for policemakers to reimagine and dismantle the child welfare system. This Article provides background on disparities in the child welfare system and argues that policymakers have used the child welfare system to police poverty and regulate Black families. It asserts that poverty presents a significant risk factor for neglect of children, that poverty should be the focus of policymakers, and discusses economic empowerment through Mother's Outreach Network.

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care (January 2024)

Financial support policies as a mechanism to reduce child welfare involvement

In this review, the authors (1) highlight evidence linking poverty to child welfare involvement; (2) discuss literature on the association between financial support policies and reductions in child welfare exposure; (3) propose potential pathways through which financial support policies may reduce child welfare involvement; and (4) consider opportunities for pediatric providers to support anti-poverty programs and policies with the potential to reduce child welfare involvement.

Columbia’s Center on Poverty & Social Policy (2023)

Starting Sooner: Should Cash Payments Begin During Pregnancy?

Columbia’s Center on Poverty & Social Policy released a policy brief to summarize the research on the potential impact of cash delivered during pregnancy on birth and longer-term outcomes.

Baby's First Years (2023)

Baby’s First Years Publication List

Baby’s First Years shows a relatively modest, no-strings attached income boost for low-income mothers significantly impacts their capacity to parent, as well as their children’s brain development. A number of papers have already been published from this study that can be found here.

Maine Center for Economic Policy (January 2024)

Feasibility and Impact of Guaranteed Income in Maine

This report examines the potential for guaranteed income in Maine; the impacts of previous guaranteed income pilots or other near unconditional cash transfers; the policy landscape and key design elements of existing guaranteed income programs; the administrative and financial feasibility of guaranteed income programs; and what potential guaranteed income programs could look like in Maine.

Guaranteed Income Community of Practice (September 2023)

Guaranteed Income Blueprint

The blueprint is a collaborative tool for GICP members to see how they may be part of growing the movement for guaranteed income in the next 10 years. Recognizing that every member, from grant makers to community-based organizations have areas of specialty, this tool was developed to show how GICP members’ work can interplay towards a 10 year vision.

The Chicago Future Fund (November 2023)

Chicago Future Fund: An Intervention into Systemic Inequalities

In 2021, Equity and Transformation launched the Chicago Future Fund, one of the first guaranteed income programs exclusively for formerly incarcerated individuals in the nation. While the program is currently in its second round with 100 recipients, this report focuses on the impactful findings from the first round, where EAT provided $500/month for 18 months to 30 system-impacted residents of West Garfield Park. The assessment was documented through monthly surveys and periodic interviews.

Center on Poverty and Inequality (November 2023)

Reducing Foster Care Placement Through Equity-Focused Implementation of Family First

This brief highlights progress made by federal child welfare administrators and outlines additional steps they can take to reduce foster care placement through equity-focused implementation of Family First in 2024 and beyond.

The Center for Guaranteed Income (September 2023)

The American Guaranteed Income Studies: Ulster County, New York

The Center for Guaranteed Income's final report on Ulster County, NY—who were the first county to experiment with GI during the pandemic! CGIR conducted a mixed-methods study to better understand the relationship between guaranteed income (GI) and study participants’ financial well-being, sense of self, quality of life, pathways and barriers to well-being, perspectives on work, and the possibility of upward mobility. This report is the first in our series entitled, “The American Guaranteed Income Studies.” They will be releasing full mixed-methods findings across a range of sites in the coming months under this series.

KQED (2023)

Concord Launches Guaranteed Income Pilot As Programs Gain Traction In The Bay Area

Concord has joined a growing list of Bay Area cities testing guaranteed income programs. The East Bay city’s model will provide 120 families with $500 a month for a year. More than 20 similar pilot programs have sprung up in the Bay Area in the last few years after more state and local officials allocated money to fund them. That has made California a hotbed for guaranteed income experiments. Advocates say that “no-strings attached” funding puts participants on a path to financial security because they often use the money to cover basic necessities, pay off debt, and build up savings. We’ll talk about the latest guaranteed income programs, what we’ve learned from the pilots, and how state support is changing local experiments. Guests: Natalie Foster, Jessica Travenia, Julia Quintero, and Amy Castro.

Change Consulting (2023)

Messaging That Moves

Get familiar with why messaging matters, messaging best practices, and tools. Learn how to develop the why, what, how of guaranteed income and message your work in a way that compels your audiences into action. Come prepared to fill in and test some messaging examples you may have and learn how to modify them for better results.