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The Use of Public Funds for Guaranteed Income Programs

Provides information on potential avenues of public funding, including American Rescue Plan Act; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Housing and Urban Development Funds; Community Service Block Grants; and City, County, and State Budgets.

Guaranteed Income Community of Practice (2021)

The Benefits Cliff and Guaranteed Income

Strategies to Mitigate the Loss of Benefits Under Guaranteed Income Pilot Programs while Strengthening the Social Safety Net

How to Citizen (2021)

In People We Trust

This week, Baratunde digs into the world of Universal Basic Income and Guaranteed Income, in other words distributing money, much like we do when we subsidize farmers or oil companies, but instead to individual households.

Jain Family Institute (2021)

Guaranteed Income in the U.S.: A toolkit of best practices, resources, and existing models of planned and ongoing research in the U.S.

Provides a concrete starting point for anyone interested in supporting a guaranteed income for their community, particularly by launching a guaranteed income pilot.

Washington University in St. Louis Social Policy Institute (2021)

The Babies in the River: Creating Equitable Safety Nets and Springboards to Opportunity.

Argues that to address root causes of poverty we must acknowledge the disparities our systems have perpetuated, and create equitable safety nets and springboards to opportunity.

Geist Productions (2020)

Inherent Good

A 60-minute documentary that introduces an increasingly popular grassroots policy, UBI, as a vehicle to transform the American economy into one that is thriving, sustainable, and centered around the well-being of all people.

Shondaland: Aisha Nyandoro (2021)

What the U.S. Can Gain from Guaranteed Income

In this op-ed, Dr. Aisha Nyandoro, founder of the Magnolia Mother's Trust, explains why we must ensure economic policies are centered on racial and gender justice as we rebuild from the pandemic.

Axios: Jennifer A. Kingston (2021)

Guaranteed Income Programs are Proliferating

Cities around the country are starting up guaranteed income programs, which pay low-income residents around $300–$600 a month to help improve their lives.

The Nation: John Nichols (2021)

A $2,000 Check is a Good Start, but Struggling Americans Need $2,000 Every Month

Dr. King taught us that direct cash payments are a smart response to poverty and mass unemployment. In this crisis, we need to heed that call.

Bloomberg CityLab: Brentin Mock (2021)

Can a ‘Guaranteed Income’ for Black Entrepreneurs Narrow the Wealth Gap?

Runway began gifting its business-owner clients with a monthly $1,000 stipend, no strings attached. The Rapid Emergency Fund project is a pilot for Black business owners to address the racial wealth gap.

Grow: Aditi Shrikant (2021)

Would Universal Basic Income Raise Taxes?’ And Other UBI Questions Answered by Experts

Here are answers to three of the most common questions about universal basic income, based in part on the results of real-life experiments worldwide.

Stanford Basic Income Lab (2021)

Healthy Communities and Universal Basic Income: A Conceptual Framework and Evidence Review

A ‘healthy communities’ approach can refocus UBI as not merely an individual matter, but as explicitly connected to the fabric where people live out their daily lives.