A new program in Georgia designed for and by Black women could become the largest experiment in universal basic income in the South.
In Her Hands is an initiative scheduled to launch in early 2022 that organizers say will provide more than $13 million in cash payments over the next two years to Black women in Atlanta and rural Georgia.
“Black women are among the most likely groups to experience cash shortfalls that make covering basic needs difficult,” said Hope Wollensack, executive director of the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund, an Atlanta-based coalition focused on racial justice, in a statement. […]
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