Addendum 8
See also Addendum 7
What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid?
Cash transfer programs forging path for guaranteed income
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cash-transfer-programs-pregnant-postpartum
* cash transfer programs for pregnant & postpartum people
* lifeline to low-income families
* reviving discussion on afterlife of pandemic-era expanded earned income & child tax credits
#poverty #homelessness #BasicIncome #WealthInequality #socialism #HumanRights #inflation #capitalism #GuaranteedIncome #BridgeProject
Addendum 8 cont'd
* Bridge Project: https://bridgeproject.org
* NYC–based program launched in 2021 by Monarch Foundation: https://themonarchfoundation.org
* $1,000/mo to pregnant people across NYC & Rochester for 36 mo
* belief that cash can disrupt intergenerational poverty at a specific juncture that exacerbates inequality: childbirth
#poverty #homelessness #BasicIncome #WealthInequality #socialism #HumanRights #inflation #capitalism #GuaranteedIncome #BridgeProject
Addendum 8 cont'd 2/
* unconditional cash assistance is a common anti-poverty intervention in low- and middle-income countries, e.g. Indonesia & Zambia
* U.S. has largely shied away from unconditional cash assistance
#poverty #homelessness #BasicIncome #WealthInequality #socialism #HumanRights #inflation #capitalism #GuaranteedIncome #BridgeProject
