A California city in economic recovery is embarking on a social experiment: it will give a test group of about 100 families $500 a month for 18 months with no strings attached to see if that guaranteed monthly income helps alleviate economic instability and inequity. Stacia West Stacia West, an assistant professor in the College of Social Work, along with Amy Castro Baker, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will spend about two years evaluating the project, dubbed the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED).
Stockton, California, is a diverse community with a population that’s 40 percent Latino, 21 […]
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