PR Newswire
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income welcomed a total of 25 scientifically rigorous studies which have found that guaranteed income programs improved financial stability and led to key benefits like higher rates of employment, greater housing and food security, better mental health, and more time spent together as families.
A guaranteed income refers to monthly cash payments made to low-income individuals, with no strings attached. Nearly 200 cities are running or have recently run guaranteed income pilots, and 72 of those are affiliated with Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), a network of mayors, city and county officials, and state legislators dedicated to creating best practices for this policy intervention. Several leading research institutions have collaborated with MGI cities and counties to conduct rigorous mixed-methods randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of these guaranteed income pilots, and full results have been released for 25 cities whose pilots have completed.
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