Guaranteed

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The two-year pilot program, which provided guaranteed cash payments for its participants, ends in December.

Here is a WBEZ episode that recaps the results of the program. The most important aspects highlighted by  author and scholar Eve Ewing are the following:

More flexibility. A lot of other assistance programs dictate how funds can be spent. Guaranteed income programs let people use the money however they want.

An investment in public safety. Ewing says when people return from jail or prison and have alternative forms of income, that decreases the likelihood they’ll resort to violent crime.

One word: Dignity. Ewing says guaranteed income challenges the notion of “deservingness,” and that the right to safety, education and housing should not be decided by economic status. 

The Guaranteed podcast.

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