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Cities like San Antonio, Austin, Denver, Boston, and Minneapolis have turned to basic-income pilot programs to explore ways to reduce those poverty levels. Republicans in Texas, Arizona, Iowa, and South Dakota are making efforts to ban GBI programs at the municipal and state level. AdvertisementStates and cities sometimes fund basic-income programsMany basic-income programs receive funding directly from state and local governments. Nonprofits and philanthropy play a key role in basic-income fundingOther basic-income programs are organized through a nonprofit, or receive funding from foundations and private donors. Along with funding cash payments, the Economic Security Project said that philanthropic donations can help a GBI programs pay for income policy research.
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An Atlanta area program is giving low-income Black women $850 a month for two years. AdvertisementA Georgia program providing low-income Black women with monthly payments hopes it will help them escape poverty. The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund in Atlanta gives young Black women average payments of $850 a month through its In Her Hands program. AdvertisementBasic income programs for Black women face legal challengesThe In Her Hands program is not the first guaranteed income program targeting Black women. AdvertisementDespite reports of success, basic income programs across the country are often met with resistance from conservatives.
Persons: , Martin Luther King, Harper, GPR, Hope Wollensack, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, David Chiu Organizations: Service, Georgia Resilience, Opportunity Fund, Atlanta's, Ward, GRO, Georgia Public Radio, Black, Research, San Francisco Mayor London, American Civil Rights, San, Area Locations: Atlanta, San Francisco, Georgia, Francisco
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