The Abundant Birth Program , launched by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) in partnership with Expecting Justice in 2021, provides pregnant black women with a guaranteed monthly income of $1,000 for one year to “reduce racial health disparities.”
The program has been awarded $5 million in state funding to expand to other counties throughout California. In the year since the program’s conception, 150 women have received the supplemental guaranteed income.
Beginning in 2023, the program will launch in “Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties and will continue in San Francisco. The program will serve an […]
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