Photo byEvonUnsplash Can putting money directly into the hands of homeless people make a difference? According to a new California study on basic income, it can.
Ben Henwood, a professor at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, collaborated with the nonprofit Miracle Messages to provide $750 per month for a year to 103 people in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles County. The six-month report is preliminary, but Henwood says the findings provide insight into possible solutions. "They’re just segments of the population given the income disparities, that despite having jobs and working, […]
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