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  • Can Baby Bonds Deliver on Promise to Close Rhode Island's Wealth Gap?

    Connecticut and several other East Coast states are implementing baby bond programs to help children in low-income families generate wealth. The programs create trust funds for babies born into families on public health insurance that are managed by the state until they turn 18.

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  • Money clubs help displaced Nigerians create their own safety nets

    Women at displacement camps in Nigeria are using a traditional method of saving and loaning money called Adashe to provide each other with financial support. The women in the Adashe group pool their extra money into a collective fund and split it between group members on a monthly rotation.

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  • Is requiring new apartments to include affordable units the right move for Vancouver? It's working in Redmond

    Mandatory inclusionary zoning policies have increased affordable housing stock in many cities across the U.S. In most cases, the policies require developers build 5-10% of new units with rents attainable for low- to median-income people, or pay a fee, which is dedicated to other affordable housing projects. In Redmond, Washington, such policy has resulted in a 42% growth of housing stock since 2010.

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  • Productive Discomfort: A Job Training Program for Single Moms That Centers Mental Health

    A job training program for single moms experiencing poverty, called Climb Wyoming, runs 14, 12-week training sessions per year. The program provides wraparound support for the moms alongside the skills training, including mental health support, life skills training, and help navigating the criminal justice system.

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  • Trash is a lifeline for 'los cartoneros,' Argentina's army of recyclers

    People across Argentina are earning an income during a severe economic crisis by joining recycling cooperatives. Members collect recyclables off the street and are paid by the co-ops by material and weight.

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  • How Guaranteed Income Is Helping Black Women Battle Gentrification

    The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund’s In Her Hands initiative provides monthly stipends to Black women with no strings attached, to help them combat poverty. Payments average $850 dollars per month and recipients have full control over how it is spen.

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  • CT agencies help clients find job opportunities, build self-sufficiency

    The nonprofit Person to Person offers its clients a Financial Opportunity Center program alongside other support services like providing food and clothing. Those enrolled in the program are paired with caseworkers who help them with activities like career training, managing their finances, and accessing income support after meeting their basic needs.

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  • Omamas: Roma women fighting generational poverty in Slovakia

    Through the Omama program, Roma women provide individual lessons to Roma children under the age of six living in settlements and disadvantaged communities, where they may not have access to crucial early childhood education. The lessons, which focus on motor skills, cognitive development, and Slovak language proficiency, have benefited roughly 900 children so far.

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  • Community land trusts can help improve local housing affordability

    Through a land trust, Community Partners in Affordable Housing sells homes to buyers at a fixed cost while maintaining ownership of the land they’re built on, allowing those who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford market rate housing to become homeowners. Some of the homes are even built by high school students enrolled in a local Geometry in Construction program.

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  • The Guaranteed Income Program That's Helping Black Moms – and Trying to Change the World

    In Jackson, Mississippi, the nonprofit-run Magnolia Mother’s Trust is a guaranteed income program providing a no-strings-attached monthly stipend of $1,000 to Black mothers living in affordable housing to help them combat poverty.

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