Marin Community Foundation ends guaranteed income experiment

Marin Community Foundation ends guaranteed income experiment

Workers distribute provisions at North Marin Community Services’ weekly food pantry in Novato on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) The Marin Community Foundation has concluded a three-year, $3.5 million experiment with guaranteed minimum income.

“Guaranteed income has proven its efficacy,” Johnathan Logan, a former executive at the foundation, wrote in a forward to a program evaluation the organization commissioned. “Families thrived when provided the security of guaranteed income.”

The program, dubbed “MOMentum,” was initially designed to provide $1,000 a month for 125 mothers for two years. The program was restricted to women of color.By the second year of […]

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