SF guaranteed income for pregnant Black women expands across California

SF guaranteed income for pregnant Black women expands across California

A pregnant woman and friends pose for a photo at a baby shower on November 10, 2018 in Pittsburg, Calif. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News) SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco-based guaranteed income program that gives monthly checks to pregnant Black women received $5 million to expand its care to soon-to-be-mothers across California, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced Tuesday.

Since 2021, the Abundant Birth Project has provided an additional $1,000 a month to 150 at-risk pregnant women of color in efforts to mitigate racial birth disparities.

Now backed by a multi-million-dollar state grant from the California Department of […]

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