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A basic income program in central Iowa gave more than 100 participants monthly $500 payments with no strings attached. A year after the final payments were made, researchers are sharing how that money affected low-income households.
The Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot, also called UpLift, was a research project that looked atwhat happened when households received a basic income payment each month for two years.
Starting in May 2023, 110 participants in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties received the monthly support. To qualify, they had to have annual household earnings at 60% or below the median income for the area. People living alone were excluded.
Project leaders wanted to see how the money affected aspects of the participants’ lives, like affordability, caregiving and mental health. They compared their results to a control group that did not receive any money.
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