Mariana BazoREUTERS A financial initiative for low-income mothers in New York City aims to establish whether regular payments would have a considerable effect in alleviating poverty in some of the most deprived areas of the country.
The Bridge Project will see hundreds of mothers given a monthly payment of either $500 or $1,000 for the first three years of a child’s life under a new guaranteed income program.
The initiative began in July 2021 with the first group of 100 mothers admitted to the program. Another 500 pregnant women who are set to become first-time mothers will begin receiving the […]
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