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SASSA Universal Basic Income 2024 to 25 – Anticipated Grants, Eligibility, and Key Dates

SASSA Universal Basic Income 2024 to 25 – Anticipated Grants, Eligibility, and Key Dates

SASSA Universal Basic Income 2024 to 25 – Anticipated Grants, Eligibility, and Key Dates The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has been a pillar of support for millions of vulnerable citizens through its various social grants. As we look ahead to 2025, a major development is on the horizon: the potential introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme. Important Links Social Security Announces 2 Changes for SSI and SSDI
2024 CTC Monthly Payment Schedule Released
CTC Deposits Begin in August 2024
VA Dental Benefits
State CTC Eligibility $150 Million in Tax Rebates […]

Single Mothers in Birmingham See Benefits From $375 in Guaranteed Monthly Income

Single Mothers in Birmingham See Benefits From $375 in Guaranteed Monthly Income

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On Monday, Mayors for Guaranteed Income, Mayor Randall L. Woodfin, and the City of Birmingham said that a pilot program where single mothers were provided a nearly $400 monthly guaranteed income improved participants’’ financial wellness, more parent-child time, decreased work performance issues related to childcare, and increased educational aspirations.

Embrace Mothers guaranteed income pilot provided 110 Birmingham households led by single mothers with $375 a month for a 12-month period beginning in February 2022. This randomized control trial included an additional 132 control group participants who were also single mothers in Birmingham but did not receive guaranteed income.Key findings from […]

A False Accusation Put Me in Prison, a Safety Net Could Have Kept Me Out

A False Accusation Put Me in Prison, a Safety Net Could Have Kept Me Out

August 13, 2024 Photo by Tyler Rutherford I received a 60-year prison sentence for a murder I didn’t commit. After 25 years of fighting this injustice, I was exonerated.

I’ve learned some hard lessons about our criminal justice system. I’ve also learned how simple safety net policies — like a modest guaranteed base income or no-strings-attached child allowance — could have kept millions of struggling young people like me out of trouble.

I had a good childhood in Flint, Michigan, but we were poor and opportunities were few. My parents were loving and supportive, but engaged in illegal activities to make […]

Basic income and related forms of unconditional support: A role in promoting a green & fair transition?

Basic income and related forms of unconditional support: A role in promoting a green & fair transition?

Written by Herwig Immervoll, Head of Social Benefits and Green Transition, OECD This blog is a shortened version of a forthcoming OECD policy brief. It draws on recent findings on the distribution of carbon-price burdens and related compensation strategies (Elgouacem, et al., 2024). The opinions expressed and arguments employed in this blog are those of the author alone. They cannot be attributed to the OECD or its member countries. Universal and unconditional support: Considerable policy interest

Recent crises and ongoing social and technological transformations continue to shine a spotlight on economic insecurity and inequality, and on policies that seek […]

Sam Altman-Funded Universal Basic Income Experiment Finds Recipients of Free Money Opt Out of Work – Here’s Why

Sam Altman-Funded Universal Basic Income Experiment Finds Recipients of Free Money Opt Out of Work – Here’s Why

Back to the list A new universal basic income (UBI) experiment funded by tech billionaire Sam Altman has found people who receive free money generally tend to work less. In a study titled “The Employment Effects of Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence From Two U.S. States,” researchers gave 1,000 low-income individuals $1,000 per month unconditionally for three years.

Participants mostly spent the extra money on basic things like food, transportation or rent, and enjoyed a slight reduction in stress.

But the study found that participants on average worked about 15 minutes less per day, something that the researchers say policymakers should consider […]

They chose door No. 2

They chose door No. 2

Commentaries Participants in universal basic income research increased their leisure, not their initiative.

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••• Free money makes people less likely to work. If common sense doesn’t convince you of that, a new study should.In July, a National Bureau of Economic Research paper looked at the effects of a guaranteed-income program run by two nonprofits. The initiative gave $1,000 a month for three years to 1,000 low-income individuals. As a control group, 2,000 individuals […]

Uplift Harris 2.0: Harris County commissioners to take up vote on revised guaranteed income program

Uplift Harris 2.0: Harris County commissioners to take up vote on revised guaranteed income program

FILE: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo dismisses allegations of evidence tampering during a press conference on Nov. 10, 2023. Harris County commissioners are weighing options to revive a guaranteed basic income program months after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton struck down the county’s effort to provide monthly stipends to lower-income families.

Deemed Uplift Harris 2.0, commissioners are set to take up a vote this week on the move that would re-enroll participants with a direct debit card and put limitations on spending categories. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said the revised program should eliminate any potential legal challenges made against […]

Protecting Women’s Livelihoods in Times of Pandemic: Temporary Basic Income and the Road to Gender Equality

Protecting Women's Livelihoods in Times of Pandemic: Temporary Basic Income and the Road to Gender Equality

Women face persistent structural challenges to decent jobs and economic independence. Now their livelihoods are even more vulnerable because of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This vulnerability is due in part to a system of gender inequality that imposes unpaid care and domestic work on women through socially constructed gender norms, and that deprives women of effective universal protection systems. How can we cushion the adverse effects during the COVID-19 crisis while paving the way for structural transformation? This policy brief, part of UNDP’s Development Future Series, examines the most at-risk elements of women’s income-generation capacity, presents […]

EDITORIAL: ‘Basic Income’ programs do more harm than good

EDITORIAL: 'Basic Income' programs do more harm than good

FILE PHOTO: The Denver City Council Tuesday approved a $2 million contract with the Denver Basic Income Project, which provides no questions asked cash payments to homeless people as part of a study with the University of Denver. Successful philanthropists — people who cause positive change — know the difference between a handout and a hand up. A handout typically sustains the misery of dependence. A hand up can lead to freedom, prosperity, happiness and healthy self-esteem.

A handout costs society, whereas a hand up can pay the combined dividends of reducing dependence and facilitating productivity that contributes to the […]

Luke Waldo: The promise of a guaranteed income for the economic stability of Milwaukee families

Luke Waldo: The promise of a guaranteed income for the economic stability of Milwaukee families

“This direct cash transfer is grounded in the belief that economic and concrete supports build toward true equity – when each and every family will one day be positioned at the same starting line and where these families in need will finally have the proper supports and resources to enjoy the stability they so desperately desire and deserve.” – Suzanne Miles-Gustave

A young mother of two found herself overwhelmed by life’s demands. Struggling with unstable employment, temporary housing, and the impending arrival of her third child, she felt overloaded by stress, weighed down by too much pressure and too little […]