Direct cash scheme in US aims to lift Black women out of poverty
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 14, 2022
Enrolment for residents in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighbourhood has been taking place at Ebenezer Baptist Church, whose previous pastors included civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr., who was also an advocate for guaranteed income.
Participants must earn an annual income of no more than two times the federal poverty level, which varies by household size but for a family of four works out at $55,500.
Half will get 24 monthly instalments of $850, and the other half will get a lump sum of $4,300, followed by 23 months of $700 . . .
