PILOTS & EXPERIMENTS
Why villagers haven’t left a mudslide prone mountain — and how unconditional cash might help
As climate change has made annual rains ever more intense, the deforested areas have become increasingly prone to deadly mudslides.
Bonnie Crombie promises to bring back Ontario’s basic income pilot program
The policy planks come two weeks before Liberal members vote for the new leader
Newfoundland and Labrador to launch basic income program for residents aged 60-64
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is launching a basic income program for residents aged 60 to 64, part of a poverty reduction plan announced Wednesday that some advocates say could make a real difference.
Guaranteed Income: Can no-strings-attached payments help solve poverty in the Bay Area?
More than a quarter of Santa Clara County families struggle to afford their basic needs. To lift thousands of them out of poverty, a new study recommends guaranteed monthly payments — with no strings attached.
Praise for basic income pilot for care leavers
Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip Jane Hutt has praised the progress and uptake of the basic income pilot scheme after meeting care leavers taking part in the programme.
Denver basic income experiment gets vote from City Council for continued funding after successful preliminary results
The Denver Basic Income Project gives cash payments each month to 800 individuals experiencing homelessness, no strings attached.
Jack Dorsey boosts St. Louis’ guaranteed basic income pilot program with $1 million gift
The founder of Twitter gave $1 million to the new guaranteed basic income program to help expand its reach in his hometown of St. Louis.
Guy Standing: The Evidence for Basic Income is Now Sufficient
It was useless to make minor changes to the old system. A new system was needed. The evidence was clear.
A bold new federal experiment in giving renters cash
What if, instead of traditional housing vouchers laden with convoluted red tape that landlords notoriously hate, low-income tenants could pay their rent with cash?
With the ending of guaranteed basic income pilots, what’s next?
LA’s universal basic income (UBI) pilot program, “BIG: LEAP,” gave participants $1,000 per month for a year.
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launch fund to provide $1200 a month to displaced Maui residents
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes
Fairfax County in Virginia to Launch Guaranteed Basic Income Program
Fairfax County will be piloting a guaranteed income program for residents in select ZIP codes, offering $750 per month to 180 families for 15 months starting in 2024.
Guaranteed Basic Income Gets a New Life
A surge of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan has helped cities develop pilot guaranteed income programs. Will they last?
Why California officials traveled to Kenya to find solutions to poverty
California officials representing some of the wealthiest cities in the world traveled to one of the poorest villages in Africa this week to study universal basic income
How guaranteed basic income can reduce infant mortality
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, takes on a basic income to address racial disparities and improve birth outcomes
Support Grows For No-Strings-Attached Cash For Families To Prevent Foster Care Removals
Researcher Will Schneider discusses the optimism for and potential limitations of cash transfers as a way to decrease child maltreatment.
Washington, D.C., Pilot Gives $500 Per Month to Black Mothers with CPS Cases
A nonprofit in Washington, D.C., has launched a guaranteed income pilot program supporting Black mothers with current or recent child welfare involvement.
Give kids an income. It will save money in the long run.
Research shows that guaranteeing employment or a basic income helps reduce violence and prevent people from entering the criminal system.
A Revolution by Stealth? Basic Income Experiments Proliferate
Our author looks at the growing number of basic income trials and pilots around the world, and the evidence gained from them.
Pennsylvania state lawmakers to introduce legislation for universal basic income study
Pennsylvania lawmakers said they plan to introduce legislation directing an agency to study the efficacy of a universal basic income program.
Every U.S. city testing guaranteed basic income
Guaranteed income programs have been launched in more than a dozen cities across the U.S. Is this the start of true Universal Basic Income?
L.A. County opens its $1,000-a-month aid program to former foster youth. Here’s how to apply
Kipp Kahlia spent several decades touring as a guitarist with reggae artists from Jamaica until illness forced her to put a halt to her career. She began offering private guitar and bass lessons as a stopgap solution, still envisioning herself writing and performing songs some day that championed social justice and fostered understanding and empathy among audiences.
Cincinnati considering guaranteed income, medical debt relief, child savings account programs
By Becca Costello See original post here. A trio of proposed pilot programs aims to improve financial empowerment for Cincinnati
Guaranteed basic income program aims to support unhoused people
Guaranteed basic income could make a dent in the ongoing homelessness crisis in San Francisco, advocates say, and an ongoing program seeks to measure the impact of monthly payments to people who are currently unhoused.
Basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialed in two places in England
By: Dahaba Ali Hussen See original post here. A universal basic income of £1,600 a month is to be
Basic Income Program for High School Students Named Finalist in Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Idea Awards
NEW ORLEANS , May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The 50 Dollar Study was named a Finalist in the Social Justice Category of Fast Company ‘s 2023
Your town might be sitting on pandemic cash it could use to build a grocery store or launch a guaranteed-basic-income pilot
By: Juliana Kaplan See original post here. KEY POINTS: When the pandemic hit, older people in Charleston, West Virginia,
Opinion: Detroit needs guaranteed basic income – now
By: Kofi Kenyatta See original post here. Arlyssa Heard struggles with crushing debt from student loans and a high-interest
Stroud group calls for Universal Basic Income trial
A campaigner says she hopes a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Scheme could be “this generation’s version of the NHS”.
Milestone reached in Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot with commencement of the research program
See original post here. After six months of operation, a milestone has been reached in the landmark Basic Income
Opinion: Implement universal basic income to heal poverty, address teen violence
See original post here. All of our kids should have the freedom to dream big and pursue their goals.
Lawmakers Consider Statewide Guaranteed Income Test Program in Oregon
See original post here. The Oregon legislature is considering a bill that supporters argue could set a path to