A report from the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) suggests that a guaranteed income program in a rural area has improved participants’ financial, physical, and mental health. The study focused on the Ulster County Project Resilience guaranteed income program in New York, the first county-led program of its kind in the U.S.
The report’s authors, Elizabeth DeYoung, Amy Castro, Nidhi Tandon, Allison Thompson, and Stacia West of CGIR, concluded that the program had a positive impact on participants’ lives due to financial support. They noted that Ulster County reflects the challenges […]
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