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With basic income, families had more housing and food securityUpTogether reported that basic income positively impacted participants' financial stability, well-being, and food and housing security. The percentage of participants with housing stability rose from 45% to 60%, while the participants reported an 8% decline in homelessness. More basic income programs are aimed at parentsMarin County's pilot isn't the only basic program to focus on low-income mothers. A basic income program in New Mexico also gave $500 a month to mixed-citizenship status immigrant families with children. Compared to federal safety nets like SNAP, Medicaid, or rental vouchers, basic income allows families more flexible spending.
Persons: , Claudia Muralles, San Francisco Bay — Muralles, Muralles, UpTogether, Community Action Marin, Marin County's, Flint, Jesús Gerena, Marin, Gerena Organizations: Service, Marin County , California —, Business, UpTogether, Marin Community Foundation, Marin Housing, Community Action, Children, Child Tax, Local, Medicaid Locations: Marin County , California, San Francisco Bay, Marin, Marin County, America, Flint , Michigan, New Mexico, GBI
[1/5] The Central Marin Sanitation Agency facility, where wastewater samples are collected for testing, is seen in San Rafael, California, U.S. March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan FrandinoSAN RAFAEL, California, April 11 (Reuters) - As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, a California county is using the same wastewater monitoring program it used to track the coronavirus to go after another deadly public health crisis: opioids. We're losing one resident every five days in Marin County," said Dr. Matt Willis, Marin County's public health officer. Marin County, like many other places in the U.S., is grappling with a drug epidemic. Reporting by Nathan Frandino in San Rafael, Additional reporting by Brian Snyder in Cambridge, Editing by Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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