A toddler kisses her smiling mother. An 18-month guaranteed income (GI) program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, improved the financial health of participants, but was mixed in terms of other measures of well-being, a report from the University of Pennsylvania ’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research (CGIR) finds.
The report, The American Guaranteed Income Studies: Cambridge, Massachusetts , (74 pages, PDF), analyzed the outcomes of the Cambridge Recurring Income for Success & Empowerment (RISE) GI pilot program launched in 2021 by the City of Cambridge in partnership with the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee and the Cambridge Community Foundation . The initiative provided […]
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