A guaranteed income pilot and other new programs have shown early success at offering Rhode Islanders living in poverty another shot. What happens when the money runs out?
Photo Illustration: Mia Rietzel and Emily Rietzel. In September 2021, Lititia Hall got the call. She had been randomly selected to receive $500 a month — no strings attached, and irrespective of any other assistance programs — for a year.
“I couldn’t believe it. It was such a blessing,” she says.It had been eight years since she completed her sentence at the Adult Correctional Institutions for a fraud conviction, and three years […]
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