Participants in a Los Angeles program said they had better employment outcomes, felt safer at home, enrolled their children in more after-school programs and were more likely to leave domestic violence situations, according to results from a pilot study.
The BIG:LEAP study compared the outcomes of households receiving cash payments with those of almost 5,000 households with similar income and family circumstances in a control group.
“There’s a really open question in the research and among policymakers about how much money is needed over what period of time to make a difference,” said Amy Castro, an assistant professor at the University […]
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